“The supposed ‘countervailing power’ of Big Government against Big Business turned out to be as genuine as the conflict between ‘good cop’ and ‘bad cop’ interrogators. Historian Gabriel Kolko showed that the primary force behind the much-vaunted ‘progressive’ regulatory agenda at the turn of the 20th century was the regulated industries themselves. Major portions of the New Deal regulatory/welfare state were backed, even drafted, by the most powerful factions of corporate capital. Don’t fall for the line that state functionaries ‘work for us.’ Take a look at where they worked before they entered ‘public service’ and watch where they go back to afterward.”
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