Pretty much every form of government/economy has cronyism problems. Crony capitalism, crony socialism, crony communism, crony dictatorships, etc. all exist. It

Pretty much every form of government/economy has cronyism problems. Crony capitalism, crony socialism, crony communism, crony dictatorships, etc. all exist. It's human nature to want to help your friends before helping strangers, but that attitude leads to corruption when people in positions of power practice it repeatedly.