They crush economic initiative, productivity and efficiency. In state capitalism, competitive males know that gaining access to state power and gaining great wealth go hand in hand. Many evils of capitalism and the free market are really the evil consequences of patriarchy. The money goes to military spending, to subsidize big corporations or inefficient state-owned enterprises, and to support bloated bureaucracies. National laws centralize and cartelize critical industries, especially banking, finance, insurance, utilities, transportation, housing, farming and the medical and legal professions.
Elites benefit while workers, small business, and local economies suffer.
However, without the support of national governments, big government bureaucracies would collapse and corporations would go broke or dissolve under the pressure of competition. Workers, small businesses and local communities would see an explosion of opportunities that would allow women s businesses and cooperatives and businesses sensitive to women s needs to flourish. State-provided social security, welfare, medical care, education, child care, etc. are usually poor alternatives to what an efficient economy, compassionate voluntary organizations, and systematic voluntary redistribution of wealth can provide. The truth is, national governments use social welfare programs to excuse the larger wrongs done in the name of the nation state. Nature is just another resource to be used in the male quest for wealth and power.