[ale] ick - big brother alert

[Jim Kinney]

I suspect that _ALL_ governments tends to become oligarchical in
function. If a requirement to convey ones needs to the political
leadership is the ability to afford time off from work and the travel
resources to meet with them, then only those ideas from people with
resources greater than their daily survival needs will be in the ear
of the leadership. That certainly will flavor the decisions and thus
the slide to "rule by the rich" begins.

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Jeff Lightner<jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> Right – its not fascism – It’s an oligarchy  - you know like communism
> (communism as practiced rather than idealized that is).
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Brian
> MacLeod
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:58 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] ick - big brother alert
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> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Robert Heaven <roberth1954 at aim.com> wrote:
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> 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".
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> 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)
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> 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)
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> I often wonder just how far this will go.
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> Inigo Says: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you
> think it means."
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> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fascism
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> I'm not saying there isn't undue influence, but please, get the words right.
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> Brian
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James P. Kinney III
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