Aug 27 2009

Our Capitalism Poll

Paul

Just to determine if everyone here is a robber baron at heart or just a lousy commie. (I kid, I kid).

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Aug 27 2009

Fascism = Corporations?

Paul

One of the more persistent memes are that I have encountered, especially since the economic meltdown of 2008, is the notion that fascism means rule by corporations. This is usually mixed in with other anti-capitalist rhetoric, but the equation of fascism to corporations was novel to me. Given the level of political naivete that normally circulates on the old interwebby tubes, I initially dismissed it as a bit of mental flatulence from some college sophomore with more time than political sophistication.

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