"But you're talking about our government and corporations as if they're two different things," quips Maher. "Now, we all know that communism is when the government takes over private business. But, when corporations take over the government, that is what has been defined as fascism."read more | digg story
Shocked and misled to say the least.....
Corporatism + Militarism + Nationalism = Fascism
Sometimes people use the term fascist in a knee-jerk reaction but this is not a far-cry from where we are indeed headed - perhaps a kindler, gentler sort of fascism (for now, for most people) but fascism for sure.
From the Chattanooga Declaration
2. The privileges, monopolies, and powers that private corporations have won from government threaten everyone’s health, prosperity, and liberty, and have already killed American self-government by the people.
3. The power of corporations endangers liberty as much as government power, especially when they are combined as in the American Empire.
See also: Socialist Democrats and Fascist Republicans
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