This is silly. In China it's nearly LITERALLY both government and big business. You cannot be a big business without the government saying so, and most of the business leaders are party members.
This is a far cry from in the states, where while crony capitalism is an issue -- it isn't the actual law like in China when it comes to large firms and the amount of state intervention.
So true and yet what effective difference does that make to a person earning avg income to 10x avg income ?
What is the difference between that and oh say Halliburton
There is a distinction that say google/Facebook founders can take a position opposing the government so what is achieved ?
This is a far cry from in the states, where while crony capitalism is an issue -- it isn't the actual law like in China when it comes to large firms and the amount of state intervention.