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It seems to be that if you lean Republican, governments are corrupt and private firms virtuous because freedom and the magic of the Invisible Hand of free marke
by prewett 8y ago
It seems to be that if you lean Republican, governments are corrupt and private firms virtuous because freedom and the magic of the Invisible Hand of free markets make private firms virtuous (individual choice) and governments corrupt (coercive force).
If you lean Democrat, then governments are virtuous and private firms corrupt because the free market doesn't solve all the problems, and for those you need regulation (government: coercive force). In fact, the regulated free market leads huge wealth disparities, which leads to social problems, and since private firms that are seeking to maximize their wealth disparity, obviously they must be corrupt.
Naturally, neither of these pictures is right, or rather, they are both partly right.
- Retric 8y agoI don’t think that’s accurate. Companies and individuals benefit from outsourcing government work, that creates a huge incentive to paint government as incompetent. The US military which hands crazy money to private firms is viewed very highly by the Republican’s and less so by Democrats.
- rectang 8y agoPower corrupts when governments extend excessive control over markets. Power corrupts when private firms extend excessive influence over government. The most consistent principle is to oppose concentration of power in all its forms.