[ifyoubuildit]

Like I said, I don't know what to call it. Crony capitalism probably fits, which goes along with your link.

Libertarianism is about liberty, or individual freedoms. Are you free to purchase any drug or test or service or device that you want from whoever you want? Of course not, the state is heavily involved in making these decisions for you.

[consumer451]

Ok, so one of the killer apps that I have discovered with LLMs is to further my own personal political depolarization. ChatGPT will always make a solid argument for most any other side.

To help identify what the heck I am talking about here, here is ChatGPT Classic's take on "libertarianism vs capitalism vs crony capitalism vs anarcho capitalism" [0] I found it very good reading.

What I realize now is that I was only holding on to one aspect of "libertarianism."

> Free Markets: Supports the idea that a market free from government interference naturally leads to efficiency, innovation, and wealth creation.

If I may be introspective for a moment, I believe that the reason that I may have used libertarianism instead of capitalism, is because how polarizing "capitalism" has become in the US discourse. I feel like readers would assume that if I am making light of capitalism, then I must support communism or some equally obsolete ideology.

[0] https://chat.openai.com/share/c4f4cedf-a995-4cc5-8feb-268c7c...