mr peters sees some problems with the empire's version of 'capitalism';

It’s not that battery powered devices – or insuring vehicles – are bad things. There are people who are interested in and willing to buy such things. if there are enough people who are interested to make it worth offering those things, then it is worth offering such things  – and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, either.

Offering things that people want is the very essence of capitalism. But capitalism is being undermined by corporatism. The latter is to capitalism what the government “asking” you for money is to being free to say no.

Corporatism is often confused with capitalism. More finely, it is used to confuse people about capitalism – and thereby cause them to despise capitalism when they ought to despise corporatism.

For instance, in a capitalist system, a capitalist is free to invest his money (or the money of investors he’s persuaded to invest their money) in his venture. He must then persuade buyers to spend their money on the thing he’s put on offer – such as a battery powered vehicle, for instance........more.......