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I think one of the biggest problems, besides Communist propaganda demonizing Fascism as Capitalism’s guard dog, is the misuse of the word Corporatism.

Corporatism means collectivism, like the Medieval guilds of old or state controlled enterprise. However, people have linked it to the word Corporation, and think it means plutocracy or oligarchy in which business interests control society.

Orwell warned us of the misuse of language in politics.

The Left are masters at the use of language as a weapon of personal/class destruction, obfuscation, guile,revisionism, propaganda and intimidation. Of all the ''ism's'' fascism is the most pernicious and dangerous because it is the softer sell of all the totalitarian systems because it gives the pretense of private ownership. Yes, you can own your own business but ''we''(the state) control the production process. We tell you what to make and how to make . How to sell it, what(if any) profit you make and what you pay your workers. Yes, you can own your own home but we will tell you how you're going to live in it. What kind of light bulbs you will use, what kind of toilet you will use, how much water and heat you can use. Communism makes no pretense of that. Everything is no one's and everything belongs to the ''people''(the state). "From each according to his ability to each according to his need''. This is why communism failed in Russia because Marx said the revolution would take place in an already industrialized society.(sounds like the Occupy bunch, eh?) At the time of the revolution only about 3 per cent of the Russian economy was industrialized so the Reds had to start pretty much from nothing. That and their heavy-handed ''collectivization'' scared the bejesus out of Germans and Poles and just about everybody else, along with state atheism and made coming to power for the Nazis(fascists) fairly easy. Both systems however are the same when it comes to private ownership of thought, speech and religion in that neither systems tolerates it. This mirrors a lot of what Obama has been doing and is continuing to do. Both these systems, especially the commies sold their message and consolidated their control by creating, wait for it,,,''healthcare for all!!''.

Corporatism means collectivism, like the Medieval guilds of old or state controlled enterprise.

You need to use a different example. Medieval guilds were not controlled by the state or by the king or by some huge evil entity. They were controlled by its own members for the member's own needs. They were more like the old New England township government structure. They were incorporated, but that was it.