The Crimes of Empire?

[R]

At 01:53 PM 9/6/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 02:38:31PM -0400, Chris Doss wrote:
>
> >
> > >[just because you post it, doesn't mean you totally agree. Chomsky
> > >by the way has said corporations are fascist and is of the view
> > >America was fascist during World War II.]
> > >http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_septoct_2002/chomsky.html
> >
> > Chomsky has never said anything of the sort.
>
>Perhaps not, but he's said things which are close to that.
>
>For example,
>
>   Corporations come from the same intellectual roots as the other
>   forms of modern totalitarianism, namely, Stalinism and fascism.
>   Corporations have no more legitimacy than any other kind of
>   totalitarian regime.
>
>That's not equivalent to saying they are fascist, but it's not
>entirely unrelated either. (It being a pretty understandable
>misreading of *Chomksy* has, of course, little to do with how accurate
>it is per se.)
>
>Best,
>Kendall Clark

close isn't quite enough, kendall.   it's like being a little bit 
pregnant.    ;-)

i expect chomsky, like many of us on this list, is looking for a way to 
characterize all the "fascist like" behavior and thinking, the social 
darwinism, etc., that exemplifies contemporary US society.

i'm waiting for carrol to come up with the bon mot.

R