Commentary The assault on enterprise of the last few years—meaning not the biggest politically connected businesses but smaller ones reflecting vibrant commercial life—has taken very strange forms. Ever since the New York Times said the way forward was to “go Medieval,” the elites have been attempting just that. But this medievalism has not come at the expense of…
A Genealogy of Corporatism
Commentary It’s not capitalism. It’s not socialism. The new word we are hearing these days is the right word: corporatism. It refers to the merger of industry and state into a unit with the purpose of achieving some grand visionary end, the liberty of individuals be damned. The word itself predates its successor, which is…
How Lockdowns Bolstered an Industrial Cartel
May 30, 2023
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Commentary Among the many grim memories from the depths of lockdowns were boarded up local shops and long lines outside the big-box stores like WalMart, Kroger, Whole Foods, and Home Depot. For very strange reasons, small business was universally declared to be nonessential whereas the big chains were deemed essential. This amounted to a massive…
The Racket of Regulatory Capture
Commentary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in interviews never fails to bring up the problem of regulatory capture. He calls this merger of enterprise and government a kind of corporatism. That’s the older word for the ideology later called fascism. It is the correct label. He is to be commended for raising the problem, which is…
The ‘1619 Project’ Is Wrong About Capitalism, but Not in the Way You May Think
Commentary In 1834, an angry mob descended on a gathering at a New York church. Their target was Lewis and Arthur Tappan, owners of a successful mercantile import business. When the Tappans fled, the mob went to Lewis Tappan’s home and threw his belongings into a fire on the street. The Tappans were the epitome…
Secularism or Statism? The Religion of the Political Left
November 6, 2022
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Commentary Today’s culture is often considered secular, implying that America is primarily divided between the religious and the non-religious. However, in addition to the many religions that enjoy freedom in the United States, the ideology of the political left seems to be a religion of its own. The left prides itself on its detachment from…
Fear, Fascism, and Democracy
Commentary Governments use the fear of imminent danger to expand their own power and to impose their own policies on skeptical populations. This kind of apocalyptic alarmism keeps some people in a permanent state of anxiety that threatens their health and mental health. As Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review said of President Joe Biden’s…
Book Recommender: An Adventure Mystery Explores Fascism and Anti-Fascism in America
C.J. Box has been writing about the fictional adventures of Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett for over two decades. During that time, Pickett has remained happily married and watched his daughters grow up. He has become a little battered and a little slower over time, yet he still loves his job. “Shadows Reel” is the…
Who Are the Neofascists?
Commentary In just the last few weeks, Liz Truss, Britain’s new prime minister, has been denounced by critics as a “fascist.” So has Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s newly elected prime minister. Along with all Republicans in Congress, Texas and Florida GOP Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis and, of course, former President Donald Trump. Every one…
The Experts Still Pushing Coerced Jabs
September 12, 2022
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Commentary Medical ethics is about protecting society from medical malfeasance and the self-interest of the humans whom we trust to manage health. It is therefore disturbing when prominent people, in a prominent journal, tear up the concept of medical ethics and human rights norms. It is worse when they ignore broad swathes of evidence, and…
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