> the ultracapitalist dystopia the US has turned into

Seriously, where do ideas like this come from? An "ultracapitalist" country that has about as much redistributive social spending as other developed economies[0]? A "dystopia" that millions of people from all over the world clamor to get into every year?

[0]: https://www.piie.com/publications/policy-briefs/2016/true-le...

This is disingenuous at best.

The man is an economist, not a crony operating at the federal level (one does not imply the other, and I know nothing of the man's background).