Martin!
Focus!
There is only a slim connection between Italian corporatist fascism and modern corporations.
Have you seen this quote attributed to Mussolini?
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power."
-- Benito Mussolini
IT IS A HOAX QUOTE!
See:
http://www.publiceye.org/fascist/corporatism.html
Mussolini never wrote anything like that. The state was supreme, corporations were not the same as cross-clase corporative syndicates.
It is a nursery rhyme analysis of fascism.
-Chip Berlet
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From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org on behalf of martin Sent: Tue 1/1/2008 1:53 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Creeping Fascism
Actually, the question was - when the corporate entities that (in the past) constituted national fascism(s) move beyond national boundaries to become global players, doesn't the fascism ascend along with the players? And if the current definition of fascism is the interests of nation-states, shouldn't there be a redefinition, to include a global variant of fascism?
martin
On Dec 31, 2007, at 6:10 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master- that's
> all."
>
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