[ClearCase_guy]

I agree with that. The thing that some people call "crony capitalism" is, I think, simply Fascism. I say America today is a fascist society (and I don't mean that the way Leftists mean it: "hateful and mean"). I think our economic system, and our social contract, is now based on the notion that if you help the politicians, the politicians will help you. And if you cause trouble, then all kinds of bad things can happen to you because we've got a zillion laws to bring down on top of your head.

Back in around 1911, Hillaire Belloc wrote "The Servile State" which basically says that socialism always leads to tyranny, and that capitalism always ends up allied with government, thus leads to a form of socialism and thus to tyranny, or "the servile state". Belloc would probably say that we are all serfs under a system of fascism that was born from what was designed as a free market economy but which got corrupted by politicians helping their friends.

I believe in the free market. I just don't think we've had a free market in this country for the past 100 years or so. We've just been sliding into tyranny.

[Upstate NY Guy]

Yes, you are right. Obama is operating as a fascist dictator.

ObamaCare, the Stimulus, bailouts and the takeovers of GM, Chrysler, AIG, banks ... all these are evidence that America is now ruled by a fascist dictator. The regime bundles business, banking, manufacturing, labor, energy and other interests together into easily intimidated and controlled units all under the authority a tyrant. To me that is fascism.

We, as citizens, need to unite and bundle our energies and individual talents together in an all out effort to defeat the forces of fascism.