One of the issues I have tried to address with those who claim to be Conservative "capitalists" is the growing disparity betweem the working class, and the corporate class. Of course they seem to feel that "profit" is the driving force of any capitalist society ignoring the warnings of Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, and the teachings of Adam Smith, in regards to the corporate State.
At the zenith of the American economy, the 50's to the 70's, a man coukld earn enough at his job to provide for his family without government assistance, and even buy a home. At that same time the CEO of a company received 20 to 30 times what the average worker received.
Today we have 40 million people requiring food stamps, and millions are losing their homes. And while the wages of the worker are stagnant, or declining, the CEO now receives some 200 to 300 times the salary of the average worker.
Not all of this is due to government intrusion, nor is it due to union influence. Much of it is due to the rise of corporatism, and the collusion between big business, and government, that eliminates any competition for that big business much like the big oil companies destroyed their competitors through the elimination of the smaller company to build, or expand, their refineries, and thus the larger oil companies control that sector of production.
It would appear that we are returning to the "fuedal" system that existed in America in the late 1800's, and early 1900's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neofeudalism
"Feudal systems in antique societies usually had the common feature of being ruled by an extremely wealthy and powerful upper class (nobles and aristocrats) with nearly complete legal power over the lives and well-being of the impoverished lower classes of laborers, craftsmen, service professionals, farmer workers, and bond-servants (individuals with debts so excessive that their only legal options were debtor's prison, life as homeless "outlaws," or service to the upper class as serfs or houseservants). The feudal upper classes were not subject to the same set of laws as the lower classes. Thus one of the basic criteria for categorizing a society feudalistic or neofeudalistic might be simply that its laws and customs are designed to best serve the landed and wealthy while offering substantially lesser legal protections to the landless and working classes and those in debt. Such a system need not evolve out of any deliberate desire to oppress the working classes but rather may arise simply through a process of gradually changing the legal systems of a country to best serve the common interests of the upper classes (i.e. less taxation on unearned incomes and interest, more privileges for the wealthy than for the working class or landless, lighter penalties for committing "white collar" crimes, right to purchase expensive exemptions from wartime drafts, etc.). Recognition of similarities between such ancient social systems and a given current society is the condition most likely to lead to accusations of neofeudalism, regardless of the ongoing controversy over what actually constitutes neofeudalism"
