James Crone A perfect example of how fascism is alive and well in America. Most Americans relate the word "fascism" with right wing "dictatorships"or demagogues. It has nothing to do with what form of govt you have. The Nazis were Nationalist/Socialists driven by corporate power. The early twentieth century Italians, who actually invented the word "fascism", also had a more descriptive term for the concept -- estato corporativo: "the corporatist state". The structure of fascism is corporatism, or the corporate state. The structure of fascism is the union, marriage, merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power. Failing to understand fascism, as the consolidation of corporate economic and governmental power in the hands of a few, is to completely misunderstand what fascism is. It is the consolidation of this power that produces the demagogues and regimes we understand as fascist ones. Corporations help politicians with getting elected, via campaign contributions, Lobbyists and special interest groups ect, then after they are elected, they submit, vote and pass laws that benefit these same corporations. Elected officials (like the president for instance) appoint CEOs and other corporate executives to powerful head of Federal departments, cabinet or advisory positions within govt. Huge corporations like Monsanto want to squash any and all competition so they petition their politicians to pass laws that will stifle competition. The above is a good example. The appointment of ex VP of Monsanto, Michael Taylor, to head up the Food & Drug Administration is yet another example of how it "goes both ways".
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:48:18 +0000
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