[lbo-talk] ralph </flush> for free enterprise? aw hell naw.

[snit snat]

i don't pay a lot of attention to <flush> nader </flush>, but I was curious 
as to when <flush> Ralf </flush> first started using the term "corp 
socialism." I found this in my search. Is this an accurate, if brief, 
assessment, or is Rust some kind of fifth columnist at the USCC (snicker)?

The best synopsis of Nader comes from Edward B. Rust, former president of 
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, who notes, "The whole point of Nader -- so 
obvious that it is often overlooked -- is his single-minded dedication to 
making the free enterprise system work as it's supposed to." Citizen Action 
excellently maps out Nader's critique of "corporate socialism," a critique 
that seems to spit at socialism, and the privatized profits and socialized 
costs of corporations, with equal vehemence. Nader expects both to take a 
loyalty oath: socialists, for reasons warmed over from 50s witch hunts; 
corporations, to keep their profits and their factories in America. 
Contrasting himself as a model of service and discipline against the free 
think and freedom of 1960s counterculture, Nader appeals to professionals 
to recognize a calling higher than economic self-interest -- that of 
"public citizenship." The conservative cultural politics at the core of 
this vision should give pause to anyone who speaks of him, the Green Party, 
and the Left interchangeably.

http://eserver.org/bs/reviews/2001-6-29-10.19AM.html

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