Quote from: tvbcof on November 23, 2014, 05:08:28 AM

Quote from: beetcoin on November 23, 2014, 04:31:05 AM

oh lord, fascism is a type of socialism? ...

The state and corporate spheres can merge (again, Mussolini's definition of Fascism) and promulgate a variety of political, social, and economic landscapes. Various elements typically considered Socialism is certainly one possibility here.

What probably won't last very long under Mussolini's conception of Fascism is Democracy. More and more that is slipping away here in the U.S. where we have the choice between two awful and barely distinguishable candidates for important offices (esp, the presidency) and a lot of significant on-the-ground actions are the result of unelected and uncountable boards and executive policy is formed and implemented with no transparency and blatant subterfuge (see the recent Gruber stuff as an example.)

Quote from: username18333 on November 18, 2014, 11:43:08 PM

Quote from: Wilikon on November 18, 2014, 09:56:57 PM

Quote from: username18333 on November 18, 2014, 08:14:36 PM

Quote from: Merriam-Webster link=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy

democracy
1 b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

Quote from: Merriam-Webster link=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plutocracy

plutocracy
1 : government by the wealthy

You write as if plutocracy were republican democracy.

You write as if lobbyists paid very well for influencing politicians' votes do not exist...

Comcast loves 0bama's plan. Does that mean the people voted for Comcast?

More control from government will not make things easier for creatives minds now, especially the ones with ideas but no money. This has been proven over and over again.

Quote from: username18333 on November 18, 2014, 08:14:36 PM

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You write as if plutocracy were republican democracy.

Quote from: Leo Tolstoy, Tolstoy (1988) by A. N. Wilson, p. 146. link=http://izquotes.com/quote/273222

The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere.