[ale] ick - big brother alert

[Brian MacLeod]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Robert Heaven <roberth1954 at aim.com> wrote:

>  I wonder when they will rename this country, "The United Corporations of
> America"? Orwell and Huxley never suspected that it would actually be the
> giant corporations that would really wind up being the "Big Brothers" and
> pushers of "Soma".
>
> Contrary to popular belief, we do NOT live in an environment of Capitalism,
> (where markets are free to move under their own volition) but do, in fact,
> live in an environment of Corporatism. (where a small number of large
> corporations exert significant control over all government and private
> activities)
>
> Within recent history, we have seen 2 distinct ramification of where
> corporatism can lead: One is Imperialism where a government will often draft
> armies and fight wars on behalf of large corporations. (e.g., England
> fighting wars in India on behalf of the East India Company or in South
> Africa on behalf of the De Beers and our own country fighting wars for oil
> companies) The second is Fascism where a small number of corporatist take
> over total control of the national government and shape it into a pyramidal
> structure, like a corporation, and place puppets in the top tiers of the
> pyramid. (when the puppets get out of control, it's called Nazi ism)
>
> I often wonder just how far this will go.
>
>
>

Inigo Says: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you
think it means."

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fascism

I'm not saying there isn't undue influence, but please, get the words right.

Brian
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