from wikipedia:

Fascism advocates a state-controlled and regulated mixed economy; the principal economic goal of fascism is to achieve national autarky to secure national independence, through protectionist and interventionist economic policies.[21] It promotes regulated private enterprise and private property contingent whenever beneficial to the nation and state enterprise and state property whenever necessary to protect its interests

I remember reading Mussolinis biography and there was a lot of talk about economic control. He managed to get all the big business on his side, and describedfascism as the State and corporations working together, which makes sense. The giant corporations love regulation because it helps force their small competitors out of business.

The point I was making is that, in an economic sense, crony capitalism is the same as socialism. From the middle class viewpoint I have, they produce the same results: less competition, fewer choices, shabbier products.

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