Fascism is the last step in the merger between the state and corporate power, the state is currently trying its best to take the country there, and the sycophan

Fascism is the last step in the merger between the state and corporate power, the state is currently trying its best to take the country there, and the sycophants who are ready to assist it are getting in line. And if you want to close your eyes and believe things aren't that dire (they are), at minimum you have to admit that this is a regime that is incredibly blatant and open in its corruption and embrace of the spoils system. You'd have to be an utter idiot[1] to not try to weasel in to get your hand into the public purse. --- [1] Or hold on to something resembling moral principles when mountains of money and power is at stake, which in that part of the business world is a synonym.