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This is fascism. The merging of corporations and the government.
by frogperson 1y ago
This is fascism. The merging of corporations and the government.
- nimbius 1y ago[flagged]
- causal 1y agoI've never understood this line of Marxist rhetoric, isn't like every instance of communist government also a complete merging of state and corporate power? Or is that just more "not true communism"?
- dralley 1y agoLet's say that I granted your point entirely. Would you object to the counter-point that massive authoritarian excess, corruption, and economic inefficiency is a natural end result of Marxist-Leninist thought?
- marcusverus 1y ago[flagged]
- jameslars 1y agoLooking at this in a vacuum, sure maybe it's time to touch grass. Looking at this in the context of everything else going on in the country, maybe there are a lot of warning signs that are pretty hard to ignore?
- marcusverus 1y agoAccepting an anonymous and unverifiable characterization of a spreadsheet as evidence of fascism is not justified by other equally specious claims you've accepted as evidence of fascism.
- jameslars 1y agoWho is characterizing the other evidence as "equally specious" besides you in this new strawman argument? Is your position that there are zero reliable indicators that fascism is on the rise in the United States
- tylerflick 1y agoI don’t like it but it’s not the first time. FDR’s National Recovery Administration crossed similar boundaries.
- turnsout 1y agoYes—more broadly, this is totalitarianism. [0] Every CEO on this list should loudly denounce it and call it out for what it is. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism
- lclc 1y agoSo in your definition that makes China fascists, considering all its big corporations are merged with the government? I'd say it's the nature of power, politics and the existence of government. They start out small and then grow and attract corruption. You can only slow it down by having things like democracy (especially direct democracy) and separation of power.
- ujkhsjkdhf234 1y agoYes? I'm surprised that the idea the Chinese government is fascist is a controversial one. China is easily a totalitarian government.
- robby_w_g 1y agoIt's pathetic how many people just shrug their shoulders at it and let it happen. The president is a corrupt clown, and people delude themselves into accepting it so they can line their pockets as well.