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Well, it's "socialist" in the sense that the society (OK, the state, but whatever) matters far more than the individual. But I do agree that they used the term
by mirimir 7y ago
Well, it's "socialist" in the sense that the society (OK, the state, but whatever) matters far more than the individual. But I do agree that they used the term to confuse people.
Amusing factoid: Hitler honed his public speaking skills while working as a government mole in the socialist party.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Well, it's "socialist" in the sense that the society (OK, the state, but whatever) matters far more than the individual. It's corporatist, but not socialist (you can probably make an argument that non-libertarian socialism is also corporatist, but not vice versa.) But, yeah, the cult of manichean capitalism tends to use “socialism” as the generic label for “opposed to capitalism”.
- mirimir 7y agoGood point. Corporatist, in that the state is basically a "bundle" (fasces, from which we also get fascia) of corporations.
- dragonwriter 7y agoCorporatism actually refers to the government, businesses, unions, church, and other institutions (the exact institutions included varying between forms of corporatism) working together as parts of a body; it is not derived from the use of “corporation” for a business entity.
- mirimir 7y agoAh, thanks.
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