There is a big difference between corporatism and capitalism. While corporatism is portrayed as capitalism they are polar opposites. Actual capitalism is the exchange of goods and or services voluntarily for payment of any sort. The key word is VOLUNTARILY, this means you as an individual are making the decision to partake in the transaction without any sort of force. For example: Bob sells Mary a zucchini for $1.00, she accepts his price and pays him. This is an example of a voluntary transaction. This is not a voluntary transaction: Bob sells Mary a zucchini for $1.00 but has to add a mandatory sales tax of 10% thus raising the price to $1.10. Bob obviously does not receive the earnings from the sales tax. Mary has to pay $1.10 for the zucchini instead of $1.00 due to the tax. She is being forced to pay the mandatory tax in order to receive the zucchini. The tax is not voluntary so it is not true capitalism. Not only is the tax forced but it also infringes on her right to own property. If she owns the $1.oo and Bob owns his zucchini they are owners of said property. When being forced to add a tax or pay a tax 0n their property they are not then owners. Another way of looking at it could be that the $0.10 tax is a form of robbery. Since the institution that is forcing the tax does not actually own the property in the transaction yet wants to profit off it, it is now robbery.
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