Many people shrink at the use of the word fascism, but you are quite correct. Government, which is ultimately not an amorphous thing, but people, have insinuated themselves into a position where they profit from choosing the winners and losers of a so-called free market by rewarding and metting out punishment in an arbitrary and capricious way that benifits them only. Any benefit to society at large, if it occurs, is purely an accidental side effect. And with all the revolving doors between elected office, appointments, lobbyists, and boards of directors, we see the same faces pop up time and again. The population, you and me, are no longer individuals, but “markets”, sources of tax revenue, and breeder stock for the next generation of slaves.
Agreed
and
I am John Galt
Now to teach the next generation....