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To: koan who wrote (7855)	4/29/2009 1:01:27 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 86356

Fascism is a radical and authoritarian nationalist political ideology.[1][2][3][4] Fascism is also a corporatist economic ideology. So Wikipedia is more accurate than the words of Mussolini, himself? Really now.. you demonstrate that facts are just a moving target waiting to be pinned down to your convenient preconceptions. It's a common mistake to mistake "corporatist" for Corporative which was co-operation between the classes in pursuit of national/state policies. The ultimate goal was merging the classes into a proletarian class dedicated to nationalist policies. Mussolini's Fascist party was based upon the views of National Syndicalist ideology (I posted this one before but you obviously chose to ignore it over your false preconceptions.): Message 25605387 National syndicalists imagined that the liberal democratic political system would be destroyed in a massive general strike, at which point the nation’s economy would be transformed into a corporatist model based on class cooperation, contrasted with Marxist class struggle. (see the Nazi model of Volksgemeinschaft). But national syndicalists also publicly declared their opposition to bourgeoisie-class rule and instead supported a strong "proletarian nation" which would rid itself of class-based society and convert it to a national society. National syndicalists typically opposed communism, capitalism, liberalism, and any other internationalist movement which was deemed to be threatening the strength and/or unity of the nation. en.wikipedia.org Mussolini NEVER represented corporate interests in his rise to power. His goal was to SUBJUGATE CORPORATIONS TO HIS VISION OF A NEW ROMAN EMPIRE, NOT POLITICALLY EMPOWER THEM. Do you understand this now?? The term which best fits your ideals is Corporatocracy, which is various corporations, as respective legal entities, all vying for political power and control: en.wikipedia.org Hawk

To: koan who wrote (7855)	4/29/2009 1:59:50 PM
From: Brumar89	3 Recommendations Respond to of 86356

"Corporations running our country" wouldn't be fascism. You'd need to make up some other name. Corporations getting involved in the political process is a result of the government getting involved in the economy. The more government involvement, the more corporate involvement in politics. Some seek to use political influence to profit (via contracts, govt spending ala ADM and ethanol); more common the corporate political involvement is to protect themselves from adverse government actions.