What is corporatism?

Ideology

Corporatism, also known as corporatocracy and mercantilism, is characterised by influence or control of a state or political organisation by large economic interest groups, typically corporations.

Under corporatism, corporations have significant influence on government regulations and the regulators that monitor them, ensuring that any regulations that exist will favour entrenched interests, thus preventing new entrants into the market from effectively competing and establishing themselves.

Corporations and government also form partnerships, often termed public-private partnerships. In these arrangements, investment is supplied by both, however risk is shouldered by the government and profits are collected by the corporation.

Followers

Corporatists support maximum restrictions on cultural freedom alongside light restrictions on economic freedom. Corporatists oppose increased economic regulations unless advantageous. Corporatists do not tolerate criticism of their ideology.

Allies

Corporatists will ally themselves with other capitalists, known as useful idiots, for as long as they derive utility from the association. Once their usefulness ends, corporatists will betray their allies, often with deadly force.

As they lean toward the authoritarian side of the political spectrum, corporatists will view capitalists on the libertarian side of the spectrum with suspicion and mistrust. As such, they are less likely to ally with these capitalists.

Enemies

Corporatists consider liberals and socialists to be their enemies and seek to destroy them utterly for daring to end the tradition of mercantilism that was practiced for most of human history. Corporatists will employ entryist strategies to infiltrate and subvert liberal and socialist organisations so as to destroy them from within.

Location on the political spectrum

Corporatism is located at the far-top centre-right of the political spectrum. It is bordered by state capitalism, neo-conservatism, authoritarian capitalism, progressivism, and fascism. As it is a fringe ideology, corporatism does not occupy as much space on the spectrum as more mainstream ideologies.