If I could live my life over again, I would devote it to proving that germs seek their natural habitat — diseased tissue — rather than being the cause of the diseased tissue; e.g. mosquitoes seek the stagnant water, but don't cause the pool to become stagnant. - Rudolph Virchow, Father of Pathology
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When I say underactive, I mean in a "protect the people's interests" sense.
Corporatism flourishes when there isn't a strong government around to say "you can't build that here" or "you're treating your workers like slaves."
Who owns the board in a Monopoly game? Who owns the rules? Hasbro can be considered the Government in Monopoly, because everyone has to play by their rules. Though, it can be said that Hasbro is an underactive Government, because their rules permit monopolist venture capitalists to take over completely. Hasbro isn't necessarily fascist, but they are corporatist.
If Hasbro was a little more active and fair as a governance, (i.e. the board game rules changed for fairness of play) it would be more like the Game of Life than Monopoly. I'd wager a lot less friendships have ended in real life on account of the Game of Life than Monopoly.
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If the free market is left entirely free due to an underactive Governance, Corporations turn into governments of their own and usurp authority.
Some restrictions are necessary, otherwise PMCs (Private Military Companies) eventually take over their own patron Corporations after they unsuccessfully challenge one another for monopolistic supremacy and we are left with a Soylent Green / Robocop ecosystem.