One principal description of Facism is the collusion of state and private corporate interests, to the point of one being subsumed under the other -- to the poin

One principal description of Facism is the collusion of state and private corporate interests, to the point of one being subsumed under the other -- to the point where they become indistinguishable. That does appear to be happening. I'm reminded of some insight I gained a decade ago into the energy boom in Alberta, via an insider. It was, both figuratively and, as the case were, literally, "fuck all to get yours". I can easily extrapolate to the behaviour I see coming out of the Harper government. Government is an extension of favoured private interests, to that lot.