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[#] 3. [Beliefs] Cronyism at the top of the pyramid is but a natural and inevitable consequence of economic hierarchy. Cooperation among the wealthy and powerful ensures survival and mutual prosperity. The crony network should be robust enough to protects its members and their business interests by controlling policy making, regulation and governance processes, and exclusive enough to make those outside of it curry favors to gain admittance. [Imperatives] 
Cultivate influential politicians, bureaucrats and lobbyists, powerful regulators and enforcement officials, clever accountants and lawyers and upright judges with a formidable reputation. Include media moguls and executives of publishing houses aligned with free market/ consumerist ideology. Become the definition of success. Exemplify the “lifestyles of the rich and famous” and set it as the gold standard for people’s aspirations (in the U.S., that would be the “American dream”)
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