“Communism and Corporatism are both forms of Collectivism.
The word corporate, after all, merely refers to a group of individuals, acting collectively as a single body.”
So would a member of the 1st Marine Division be a corporatist or communist?
How about the Founding Fathers - a gang of collectivists?
[So would a member of the 1st Marine Division be a corporatist or communist?
How about the Founding Fathers - a gang of collectivists?]
I believe the Founding Fathers were first and foremost, individualists.
They were individuals who acted collectively towards the realization of the commonly held belief, articulated in the American Declaration of Independence, that the function of Government is to secure the inalienable rights of the governed individual.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...
The collective, the Government, must remember its purpose - TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS.
I have no reason to believe a member of the 1st Marine Division would intend to do otherwise; and I hold nothing but the highest esteem for the Marines, and others, who "gave the last full measure of devotion" in the belief that they were securing a legacy of freedom for their fellow human beings.