Yes, thank you, I know what fascism is, although it's arguable if you could classify the U.S. as that. It certainly seems to be heading in that direction at a breakneck pace, though, doesn't it? They may be working in tandem, but it seems like more of a hostage situation than a friendly partnership to me. Look at all of the rich people who start smugly insisting that they'll move to some other country if the government dares to raise their taxes to the same rate they paid 15 years ago. Big business owns America.

My argument is that, by the very nature of capitalism, big business always devours small business and becomes so powerful that it will eventually control any government that tries to reign it in. Doubly so in the modern age. If you have to work within the confines of a capitalist system, you need massive amounts of regulations to keep them in check, and even then it's damn near impossible and very open to corruption. It's better than nothing, but not by a whole hell of a lot.