>“The unbridled, competitive free markets that the Right cherishes don’t exist today. They are a myth.” Furthermore, “The Left attacks the grotesque capitalism we see today, as if that were the true manifestation of the essence of capitalism rather than the distorted version it has become.”
I’ll posit that this am academic flight of fancy or distinction without a material difference. The fact is there’s no meaningful competition in the American economy, whether it’s called capitalism or socialism for the rich and debt peonage for the rest.