Source: The Peaceful Revolutionist
by David S D’Amato
“We have discussed the state-capital system’s sleight of hand, through which the technical or formal separation between the dominating group and the exploiting group obscures the character of the system. But the twenty-first century increasingly seems to be an age when this kind of obscurantism is no longer either operable or necessary, where the state can reveal itself and its true character, openly tipping the balance in economic affairs. American leaders have begun to see our traditional form of capitalism (perhaps ‘liberal’ capitalism) – already shot through with state intervention and special privilege, but hiding it in the so-called private sector – as outmoded, as holding the country back in a contest with, for example, China’s ruling Communist Party.” (10/27/25)
https://dsdamato.substack.com/p/the-engines-of-state-capitalism-part-45b