If the goal of capitalism is the consolidation of power, then why are only socialists, ie. communists and fascists, the ones who consolidate power?The "elites have been dividing us on every single line ever" talking point is a very stupid one, because it is ironically more divisive than any other. The divisions in society along racial, sexual, gender, and class lines are very real, and they aren't going to go away with us ignoring them. We have to do something about them, and no amount of arbitrary tying of our living conditions to wage slavery and commodification is going to magically equalize people. "Crony capitalism" isn't real, it is in the words of the creator of capitalism as well as all of its critics, the end goal of capitalism: consolidation of power.
In capitalism, wealth is political power, naturally a system built on arbitrary competition and debt slavery is going to lead to power going to those born into wealth rather than those the system is built upon, the lowest classes, which is why it'd be fucking moronic beyond words (not to mention pretty cucked) to want to build a new system of life around the same oppressive system, but with even LESS regulations for the people in power, the corporations and the 1%.
And if consolidation of power is such a concern to you, then why are you against decentralization of power from the federal government back to the states where it belongs?