So 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.
It'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.
I'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"?
Let'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?
Accepting 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.
So 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.
Yes? I'm surprised that the idea the Chinese government is fascist is a controversial one. China is easily a totalitarian government.
It'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.
Yes—more broadly, this is totalitarianism. [0] Every CEO on this list should loudly denounce it and call it out for what it is.
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I'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"?
Let'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?
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Looking 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?
Accepting 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.
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I don’t like it but it’s not the first time. FDR’s National Recovery Administration crossed similar boundaries.