"Nazism (national Socialism) and communism (international socialism) were but two sides of the same coin." - Margaret Thatcher

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Correct, both combine state power with market power in the government, which usually leads to very powerful and oppressive governments. Capitalism is supposed to separate markets and state

[–]EternalSunset 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Every capitalist government I have ever seem is some oligarchy with banks and corporations dictating the agenda from the shadows. So pretty much the opposite of that is what always happens.

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Agreed, but these states usually aren't nearly as oppressive as the ones where government openly controls both state and market powers ala communism, fascism, national socialism etc. Those ideologies don't create the utopias they planned either. I'm no capitalism evangelist, but combining state and market power historically has been rather problematic also