"/prov./ [Usenet] "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups."
Change a word or two in either of your post, and it could be another DU "Reductio ad Hitlerum" thread.
If you want to understand what's going on in the world, a great place to start is Paul Johnson's "Modern Times". "Intellectuals and Society" is pretty darn good also. Corporatism, of the RINO and Democratic, variety are the enemies.