50.00% - Many “businesses” exist to further their owners political and social goals, rather than making a profit.
50.00% - Real capitalism requires fair competition — no player big enough to win through market power rather than merit; that's not socialism, that's the prerequisite for markets to work.
Any threat to the status quo is a threat to the elites whose position depends on it.
40.00% - Monopolistic practices and corporate lobbying are the biggest threats to the free market — crony capitalism is capitalism's real enemy, and conservatives should be the loudest voice against it.
35.00% - The free market lifted more people out of poverty in the 20th century than all government programs combined — look at China after Deng, Eastern Europe after 1989. The evidence is not ambiguous.
25.00% - Wherever government takes over — healthcare, education, housing — costs rise and quality stagnates; the pattern is consistent enough to be a law of nature.
100.00% - Any threat to the status quo is a threat to the elites whose position depends on it.
0.00% - Any threat to the status quo is a potential threat to the elites that benefit from it.
50.00% - Elite overproduction
