The subject of a post on FB was about a perceived "partnership" between Gov't and so called "Big Pharma" The following is a comment on that thread from someone going by the name "Buddy Lama" - I think he articulated perfectly the fallaciousness of a "partnership between Gov't and Private entities - like "big Pharma" for example.

The notion of a “partnership” between a private group and public officials, between business and government, between production and collective force, is a linguistic corruption (an “anti-concept&rdquo typical of a fascist ideology—an ideology that regards force as the basic element and ultimate arbiter in all human relationships.
“Partnership” is an indecent euphemism for “government control.” There can be no partnership between armed bureaucrats and defenseless private citizens, business owners & corporations who have no choice but to obey. What chance would you have against a “partner” whose arbitrary word is law, who may give you a hearing (if your pressure group is big enough), but who will play favorites and bargain your interests away, who will always have the last word and the legal “right” to enforce it on you at the point of a gun, holding your property, your work, your future, your life in his power? Is that the meaning of “partnership”?
But there are those who may find such a prospect attractive. They exist among politicians and businessmen as among every other group or profession: those who dread the competition of free markets and would welcome an armed “partner," thug muscle to extort special advantages over their abler competitors; such are those who seek to rise, not by merit but by pull, those who are willing and eager to live not by their mind, body, hard work, brilliance, ambition and vision, but by political favor. Among businessmen, this type of mentality was responsible for the passage of inane antitrust laws and is still supporting them today.
Also see: “Rent Seeking” and “Economic Fascism”:
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