Rodney Atkinson (yes, the brother of Rowan) runs Freenations, a website dedicated to critiquing
- the European Union;
- mass immigration;
- geopolitics and macro-economics; and
- other mega-trends.
Corporatism is not capitalism
Rodney has some fascinating takes on why capitalism and corporatism are different, and why the latter is destructive while the former is not. For example, Big Pharma’s substantial influence over governments, through policy and financial agreements, is not capitalism; it is corporatism or crony capitalism, which can be defined as
an economic system in which individuals and businesses with political connections and influence are favored (as through tax breaks, grants, and other forms of government assistance) in ways seen as suppressing open competition in a free market.
Corporatism is profoundly anti-competitive. Consider Big Tech’s attempt to monopolise information, such as Facebook’s “fact checkers” relating to Covid shots and climate change, or Google’s manipulated algorithms.
Our conversation
Please enjoy Rodney’s conversation with me, in which he breaks apart concepts like corporatism and nationism, and shares insights into where mass immigration is taking Europe.
