Robert Jackson writes:
People think America has or has had a capitalist system, they are wrong, what America has is crony capitalism, which is basically just hidden corruption. It is pretty sickening that so much and so many are bought off. From politicians to doctors, to even some businesses and corporations.
America also doesn’t really have as free of a market as many believe, that is due to this cronyism shit. Fedex and UPS are constantly trying to buy political votes to have politicians pass laws that hurt each other as attempts to eliminate the competition for example. This type of activity is rampant in the USA and pretty much the whole world.
A typical nonsensical far right argument is that the US doesn’t have a true free market – that instead it has crony capitalism. That is a rightwing neoliberal Libertarian line. Their objection to the US capitalist model is that the government is involved in it too.
The system you hate is called capitalism. Capitalism typically evolves into crony capitalism because that is the nature of the beast. In addition, there is often mass corruption of the state under capitalism and more capitalist the economy, the higher the degree of corruption. Corruption and capitalism go together like bread and butter.
There is no way to dissolve crony capitalism and go to a pure free market system other than more or less dissolving the state, and of course this is what the Libertarians advocate.
Truth: The capitalists love crony capitalism and would not have it any other way. In most capitalist countries, the capitalists have not only the means of production but also the entire media sector which they use to brainwash everyone. Also the capitalists usually capture the entire state under capitalism.
If any socialists or reformists get control over the state, the capitalists usually engage in election fraud or a military coup to throw them out, and the US always supports this.
Examples: Iran 1953, Brazil 1964, Guatemala 1954, Dominican Republic 1965, Indonesia 1965, Honduras 1010, Ecuador recently (attempted), Venezuela 2002, Argentina 1976, Chile 1973, Peru 1992, Uruguay 1970′s, Haiti 2000′s, Russia 1992, Panama 1979 (assassination).
So you see it is almost impossible to put in a socialist or reformist government by peaceful means. This is why Marxist-Leninists argue for armed revolution and worker’s over the state and controls on the reactionaries to keep them waging coups to get back in power.
After the coup, a rightwing government usually comes in and there is a mass slaughter against the Left. The purpose of this is to terrorize the people – if you ever elect a socialist or reformist again, there will be a coup followed by a military government and death squad genocide against the Left. If you were a progressive person, would you vote for a Left government knowing that they will be soon overthrown and a death squad regime will come in and the killers may well come after you to try to murder you? See how that works.
Guatemala 1954: Coup followed by 200,000 deaths. Death squad killing of the Left continued for 40 years after the coup. US supports via the CIA under Eisenhower.
Chile 1973: Pinochet coup followed the Pinochet killer regime that murdered 15,000 Leftists over the next 17 years. US supports under Nixon and Kissinger.
Honduras 2010: Coup followed by 1,000 murders of Leftists. US supports under Barack Obama.
Haiti 2000′s: Coup followed by a minimum of 3,000 murders of the Left. The UN came in with soldiers to enforce the coup and keep the coup plotters in power! US supports under George Bush.
Peru 1992: 1.5 million arrested over a 2-3 year period after the Fujimori coup – up to 15% of the population was placed under arrest. US supports under Bill Clinton.
Venezuela 1992: ~30 murders occurred right after the coup. US supports under George Bush.
Argentina 1976: 30,000 killed after the Videla coup over 7 years. US supports under Henry Kissinger.
Indonesia 1965: 1 million+ Leftists murdered right after Suharto coup with CIA assistance. Supported by Lyndon Johnson.
Haiti 1957: Duvalier coup followed by 60,000 murders over 30 years. US supports under various Presidents.
Guatemala 1982: Rios Montt coup followed by 15,000 murders over 2 years. US supports under Reagan.
Dominican Republic: Trujillo fraudulent election followed by the murders of 20,000 Haitians in 1937.
Vietnam 1955: Diem coup followed 80,000 killings until 1960. US supports under Eisenhower.
Russia 1992: Boris Yeltsin dissolves Parliament because they won’t go along with his plans for a transition to capitalism. Parliament members won’t leave the building, so Yeltsin has army tanks shell the building until legislators leave. US supports under Bill Clinton.
Iran 1953: CIA coup overthrows Mossadegh with Eisenhower support. The Shah murders 100,000 people over 26 years.
Brazil 1964: CIA coup installs Branco with support by Lyndon Johnson.
Panama 1979: CIA murders President Trujillo with support of Jimmy Carter.
Ecuador 2010: Attempted coup backed by US under Barack Obama. Attempted assassination of President.
Paraguay 2011: Lugo thrown out of office in fake move by Parliament which was basically a coup. US supports under Barack Obama.
Taiwan 1949: Chiang Kai Shek seizes power, solidifies power by murdering 100,000 Leftists. US support by Truman and Eisenhower.
South Korea 1945: New government consolidates power by death squad killings of 200,000+ Leftists. Support by Harry Truman.
Uruguay 1970′s: 300 Leftists killed over a period of time. US supports under Jimmy Carter.
