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To: TimF who wrote (348658)	8/26/2007 4:35:19 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576865

"No, its more the other way around." No it isn't. Mussolini himself said that fascism was more properly corporatism. And he should know. Now true, the term "corporatism" embodies more than just business corporations. But in all of the cases of acknowledged fascist states, the state and the large businesses had their interests aligned. The cases where the state deviated from business interests, it was always at the expenses of the small businesses.

To: TimF who wrote (348658)	8/26/2007 6:08:10 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1576865

Reminds me of those posting here trying to sell the idea that the leader of the National Socialist Party was not a socialist. I wouldn't waste my time...

To: TimF who wrote (348658)	8/28/2007 12:40:39 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576865

Gov't benefiting corp. is what fascism is all about. No, its more the other way around. Fascism is all about the government and the governments agenda. Nominally its all about the country, but the government decides what is "good for the country", and imposes it. Corporations have to play along. Either they play along nicely (and maybe get rewarded) or they are forced in to it. "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to the point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism ownership of government by an individual, by a group or any controlling private power." - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt "Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of State and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini