Crony capitalism = soft socialism = SLOW BANKRUPTCY = Zimbabwe, Venezuela, etc.
“These measures [towards socialism] will, of course, be different in different countries.”Looks like Fabianism is just another branch of Marxism after all.
— Communist Manifesto, chapter 2
“It is be impossible, of course, to implement all of these measures at once [the ten planks of communism], but one will always bring others in its wake. Once the first radical attack on private property has been launched, the proletariat will find itself forced to go ever further, to concentrate increasingly in the hands of the state all capital, all agriculture, all transport, all trade. All the foregoing measures are directed to this end…”
— The Principles of Communism