[TChris]

(From one of your other responses:) Would you agree there should be separation between Corporation and State?

Well Travis and Chris, in between reading about UFOs, why don't you enlighten the class and explain what Mr. Salvemi was talking about in 1936:

He was talking about Fascist Italy.

You claimed "Corporatism=Collectivism=Communism". Would you kindly explain how you get from historical information on Fascist Italy to your conclusion?

(It might be illuminating if you look up the definitions of "Fascism" and "Communism" as a start. Then, figure out whether it was the governments controlling companies or the other way 'round.)

Here's a hint: Corporations don't typically ask for greater government regulation.

[Carry_Okie]

Here's a hint: Corporations don't typically ask for greater government regulation.

Correct. The major stockholders make donations to activist NGOs that do it for them, knowing it will kill their smaller competition. The NGO sues the appropriately complicit agency in Federill Court, and the bureaucrats have a job for life paid for by a non-discretionary "settlement." Then the politicians and bigwigs get to play ", Oh please, Brer Fox, don't throw me in that briar patch over there!!!" Meanwhile, the lesser players who know their time is short get to fight with the regulatory Tar Baby. That way, neither the corporate players nor the activists know what is going on.

It makes great theater.

[LomanBill]

>>Corporations don't typically ask
>>for greater government regulation

 

But how typically depends upon the character of the corporation.

 

How would you describe the character of the corporations presently sucking up billions of dollars in bailout money from the state?

 

Is the behavior they are exhibiting conducive to securing the inalienable rights of the individuals within the scope of their governance?

 

How do bailouts impact the relationship between corporation and state?

 

>>the definitions of "Fascism" and "Communism" as a start.

 

One feature Fascists and Communists have in common is the mandatory worship of, and subjugation of the individual to, the structure of collective governance.