Post #4394830
2026-08-05 19:50 UTC
@zzt@mas.to The best part about neoliberalism is how it pretends to be an Ayn Rand masturbatory fantasy, but in reality involves the creation of oligopolies everywhere that deploy capital in coordination with governments they've wholly captured.
Looks a lot like the "state socialism" of the Soviet period, or the "socialism with Chinese characteristics" of the Middle Kingdom, but more corrupt and only a handful of psychotic monsters ever seem to benefit.
The invisible hand of the free market at work!
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@firebreathingduck@social.vivaldi.net 2026-08-05 20:57
@prietschka@mastodon.social @zzt@mas.to Ayn Rand’s free market fantasy is built entirely on this myth: that all of the kings of industry would never, ever lobby or bribe politicians. It’s ludicrous blindness. If Rand’s fictional hero John Galt was alive today, trying to build a business, he would be bought out or sued into oblivion by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, or Larry Ellison. There’s no free market anywhere where men like Galt could ever thrive. The same minimalist corporate governance that’s supposed to pave the road for Galt to succeed also lets the robber barons buy all of the politicians they want and crush ethical competitors.