re: #604 engineer cat

For capitalism to thrive it requires good government as a partner. There needs to be well maintained highways and roads, reliable affordable public utilities, a stable legal system, transparent banking system, clearly defined regulations, an educated workforce, etc..

Yet you always hear right wingers talk about how government just needs to shrink and get out of the way of capitalism. Test that logic with an extreme example: If less government is always good for capitalism than anarchy must be ideal.

But capitalism can’t survive in anarchy. So the logic that less is more is wrong here.

Its not just about the size of government, its about how well government provides services to support capitalism.