[lbo-talk] Creeping Fascism

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Mon Dec 31 18:10:51 PST 2007


"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less."

"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."

"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master— that's all."

On Monday 31 December 2007 19:14:57 martin wrote:
> Usurpation of language, and rigidity of usage.
>
> Since you apparently took my 'meaning', what descriptor might better
> serve to pose my [original] question?
>
> martin
>
> On Dec 31, 2007, at 3:24 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism>
> >
> > Historically, corporatism or corporativism (Italian: corporativismo)
> > refers to a political or economic system in which power is given to
> > civic assemblies that represent economic, industrial, agrarian,
> > social, cultural, and professional groups.
>
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