Corporatism is not Capitalism nor is it Socialism!

If you're going to be involved with politics and the shaping of our nation, then LEARN THE DIFFERENCE.
Corporatism, is more appropriately referred to as "soft-fascism" and it's an insipid plague that's destroying nations around the world.

It's influence has been used to overthrow democratically elected presidents of sovereign nations whom wouldn't allow the exploitation of their land/people. Thus our CIA deemed it responsible to overthrow them in coups they organized (fine example: Jacobo Arbenz. Thank the American Government for that, because if they hadn't done it you wouldn't have your Chiquita bananas. Also, make sure to thank the people of Guatemala who's nation was put in peril for the aforementioned phallic fruit.)

Corporatism is the enemy of the Free Market, which makes it incompatible with Capitalism. Corporatism's sole purpose is to maximize the gain and power of corporate entities. Capitalism's purpose is to establish a market in which people can exchange goods and services for capital and capital for goods and services. Capitalism has no ulterior motive to enrich a certain type of people, it serves as a system of exchange of goods and services and nothing more. It does not intermingle with government to influence the profit/power/gains/etc. of special interest groups.

Corporatism is also the enemy of the laborers, workers, and anyone who isn't part of a corporation (the people). This makes it incompatible with socialism, because as we mentioned before - Corporatism's sole purpose is to maximize the gain and power of corporate entities. This hurts the little guy and the laborer. The government creates regulation that kills corporate competition, because corporations are the only ones that can use their power/money to muscle through these regulations. The corporations will probably lay off a few workers, cut overhead by reducing product quality, or cut some other expenditure and still make massive amounts of profit. The regulations will not destroy them, and can not destroy them. The small business owner however will be hit hard and with much consequence because of these
regulations. More importantly, in a corporatist world the laborer is more often than not..forced to work for a corporation.

The corporations manipulate the desperation of the worker and turn them into wage slaves. They continue to do this, because, well..who's going to stop them? Is said laborer going to quit their job that is sucking the life out of them for low pay or keep their job because they know it's keeping them alive? Besides, what will their families and people in the community say? They'll laugh at them and call them bums and "lazy" and "stupid" for quitting their job.
So as you can see, corporatism is incompatible with both Capitalism and Socialism.

I've heard people call Obama a socialist and treat people who support the free-market like they're corporatists who support corporations. These inaccuracies infuriate me, they are rooted in ignorance and need to be routed out. If you support Capitalism, then stop supporting corporatism. If you support Socialism then do not support Corporatism. If you're against Socialism, fine, but stop confusing it with corporatism.

Obamacare for example, is not truly socialist. It is more appropriately labeled corporatist because it serves the interest of the corporate insurance companies as well as big pharmaceutical and corporatized medicine. The only socialist part of Obamacare is the government mandate set up to give tax payer's money to the people who can't afford the insurance, in order for them to have the insurance that it's illegal not to have. However, even this is vaguely socialist because it's sole purpose is not based on the social welfare of the people, but rather on increasing money flow to said corporate entities in a way that they can justify. The legislation itself is not only corporatist but authoritarian. Something else people commonly confuse with socialism is authoritarianism. Socialism is not authoritarianism, but there is a such thing as authoritarian-socialism (as opposed to anarcho-socialism).

The Department of Agriculture is a fine example of authoritarianism and corporatism, as only 25% of it's program actually qualifies as socialism because the rest of it's funds and man hours goes to subsidies for corporate farmers and not the people.