>This is what increasingly bothers me lately about the decisions they make. They're sacrificing a lot of stuff "in the interest of public good". It seems like a lot of collectivism.
That's nothing like "collectivism". Notice how in all this cases you state "the public" is just a pretext, and those who would indeed lose are the fat cats: bankers, corporations, Apple, etc.
That's plain and simple market capitalism: the big money gets its own laws (aka "the golden rule": those with gold make the rules).
In "collectivism" (in the USSR sense) the power lies in the state/government, for the benefit of the party officials.
In market capitalism, the power lies in the big money, and the government works for the benefit of large private interests.
That's nothing like "collectivism". Notice how in all this cases you state "the public" is just a pretext, and those who would indeed lose are the fat cats: bankers, corporations, Apple, etc.
That's plain and simple market capitalism: the big money gets its own laws (aka "the golden rule": those with gold make the rules).
In "collectivism" (in the USSR sense) the power lies in the state/government, for the benefit of the party officials.
In market capitalism, the power lies in the big money, and the government works for the benefit of large private interests.