Commentary: Business is the source of authoritarianism in America

I recently had some email conversations with a friend who is a staunch far-right conservative. In addition to a good deal of antisocialist rhetoric, I was treated to a standard Republican trope that I find rather disturbing. Let me quote: “The government is a beast. ... A dominating and disfunctional [sic] beast. Everything it touches is a mess.” And this: “We have created the greatest economic system in the world. Government is trying to destroy that system.”Since Ronald