Posted on 11/13/2026 10:28:41 AM PST by chickenlips
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has come out swinging since the Republican wipeout in the midterm elections. I hope this is because he’s laying the groundwork for a 2028 presidential bid, since he is one of the few national Republicans in tune with heartland Americans. Among the topics he is discussing is the problem of “corporatism,” and how the back-scratching, crony capitalism that exists between government and many corporations repels conservative voters, while also fueling the popularity of socialism among non-conservatives.
Here are some quotes from Gov. DeSantis, as documented in a NY Post article titled “DeSantis says ‘corporatist Republicans’ drive young voters toward socialism after GOP’s midterm disaster”:
“Young people have a very positive view of socialism compared to capitalism. The question is, why is that?”
“Some of it is the education in our universities. But I think a big part of that is, what they’re comparing is not free enterprise versus socialism. What they’re comparing is how government gets involved in business, and you have crony capitalism.”
“The best kind of indirect supporters of socialism are some of these corporatist Republicans who propagate these crony policies.”
“If it’s cronyism versus socialism, there’s going to be enough people who are going to choose socialism.”
Gov. DeSantis’ attack on corporatism is welcome and politically necessary.
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The problem with corporate behavior today isn’t just the crony capitalism, it’s also the morally bankrupt ethos that has become mainstream in corporations.
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This is great write up. Throckmorton gives some good of examples of what DeSantis is calling out. Well worth the time to read it.
The crony capitalists and the deep aren't going to be happy about this.
So where did desantis look around at, and who were the potenital presidential candidates that he looked at, before deciding to raise his hands... err... publishing his viewpoints....
I’d like to hear politicians advance their own ‘isms” rather than campaign as being against an “ism.”
He’s not perfect, but looking better and better to me...
Yep, it’s almost like corporations are pushing people toward Communism.
Just to get a job you have to go through 6 rounds of interviews, that’s if you are lucky and don’t get ghosted or the job was fake and they never intended to fill it and you just wasted your time on a humiliation ritual which seems to be 95% of the time.
You have 70 - 85 Year old Baby Boomer bosses who won’t retire, thus blocking everyone below from moving up, Can someone help me format my word document, my Whif fee doesn’t seem to be working.
All these psycho Karens have made working in for a corporation worse than High School.
Work hard and you get punished with more work and they expect you to do more and more, do as little as possible but kiss the right ass and you get promoted.
And yes, seeing companies making record profits and Boomer CEOs getting mega bonuses while laying off tens of thousands does tend to piss people off.
Of course, the worst corporatists are the Bush family and their legion of allies, followers, and imitators. From there one would have to name the GOP Senate and House leadership.
In the end, DeSantis is likely just posturing in the hope that some well-timed rhetoric can resuscitate his presidential ambitions.
crony capitalism was the basis of the 1930-1944 German economy, aka Nazism or German socialism.
“Of course, the worst corporatists are the Bush family and their legion of allies, followers, and imitators.”
Amen. I’ll always be leery of DeSantis’s Bush connection.
THE Sick EVIL DeSantis Hater poster is back.
How much do you get back to Peddling your LIES and Hate
to attack the BEST Conservative Governor in the Country
and the person who should be President right now.
I did not have to endure six interviews, only 3 (and they were all informal conversations on Face Time). My new employer did not ask for any references, either.
I'm not discounting your remarks, just offering my own up in comparison. BTW, I applied to about 130 positions before connecting with my new company.
If anyone out there has AP/AR experience and lives in the DFW area, send me a freepmail. My office is setting up a shared services operation to consolidate certain accounting functions from about 10 subsidiary companies. That position will be hired early next year. My to do list currently includes a dozen separate tasks, to include catching up on 20+ delinquent sales tax returns and dissolving 10 defunct companies.
The charade orchestrated by DeSantis and the Florida legislature to carry out that short-lived primary campaign in 2023 makes his commentary here the height of hypocrisy. Corporatists Elon Musk and David Sacks were right there for his Twitter campaign announcement.
Did we ever find out who bankrolled that campaign, and who paid for his maybe-this-isn't-really-a-primary "book tour?"
Moe PAID FOR POSTERS SCARED OF Desantis .
Desantis is over the target the TROLL like clown are real scared and now out attacking the ONLY CONSERVATIVE and free
of the HATED and Crime infested Donnie WH.
Many years ago the tax code was fairly small in size and scope; however, today it is massive in size and unduly cumbersome. The answer to why that is so is that all those deductions, exemptions, etc. give Washington more to sell, and the people buying are the ones who grasp for greater and greater control and advantages.
Reason #17364738 why DeSantis should be every right-leaning person’s #1 choice in the 2028 primaries...young men love his messaging and will turn out for him in large numbers...
Drug companies and their rubber stamping pals in the FDA. Eli Lily, Johnson and Johnson, Squibb, etc.
When you find the perfect candidate, please let me know.
How about Trump acquiring a stake in Intel? Perfect example.
“SCARED OF Desantis”
nothing to be scared of about desantis, he is mostly full of other people’s ideas and signed some papers as governor, and people are mesmerized like they were with BO. Desantis doesn’t have good ideas, he is told them.
We saw numerous times who he is at his core. focused on himself. his state had various issues going on yet he handled it from afar as he poorly attempted a run against Trump in 2020.
he never secured his states borders in how many years governor? many have died, been hurt, stolen from, raped, all because desantis allows illegals to roam his state and flow into others, not to mention his dumping some in other states, causing those people harm.
I have never heard of him doing anything out of his own free thought and will for anyone, outside of maybe his wife and family.
Desantis is calculated and self-serving more than state or country serving. and yes I know he wore a uniform at one point but that structured service (I am not knocking military service of any kind) is not the same as serving people from your heart.
NO, not scared of the man, he is a weak attempt at being a real man.
Crony capitalism = the third way = fascism
Whatever happened to that crazy blonde chick that used to work for him?
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