They are not socialists, not one of them wants the Government to buy them out, or take them over. They are something which is never talked about, they are a form of internationalist fascism.
In the old days, fascists were nationalists, but not these people. They don't want to run the country, they want to run the world, and it's called globalism. Because fascism has a socialist aspect by which socialist policies are utilized to control the population as a whole, it is sometimes considered to be "socialist" - but, it is basically capitalist in nature.
One other difference between the new fascism and the old is that the capitalists work to control the Government, instead of the Government working to control industry. That's why we see both Clinton and Bush following the same economic policies - NAFTA, WTO, fast-track, "MFN" for China, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc, etc. It's all done for the people in control. That's why we have no standards.
No way has fascism been softened in the American psyche the way socialism has.
Here is the M-W definition of a fascist:
1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control
Take the first and slightly modify it and you get: a corporation that exalts the corporation above the individual and that stands for a centralized, autocratic system headed by dictatorial leaders, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.
I think it fits.