[MD] The American Ruling Class

[plattholden at gmail.com]

Hey John, 

Mussolini was widely admired by progressives in the first half of the 20th 
century because he established an all powerful state, holding to the 
assumption that any action of the state is justified to achieve the 
common good. 

"Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the 
State"

-- Benito Mussolini

Of course  corporations fell under fascist state control either by 
nationalization or by regulation to the point where there is a distinction 
without a difference, the current push for cap & trade being an example 
of the latter. 

By contrast, right-wing conservatives favor limited government and free 
markets. 

Platt


On 8 Dec 2009 at 10:28, John Carl wrote:

> Fascism should be more properly called corporatism,  since it is the merger
> of corporate and state power.
> 
> 
> Benito Mussolini

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> I enjoyed a documentary film the other day and thought of dear Platt:
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> http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/american_ruling_class/
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> 
> 
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
> the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
> 
> 
> "Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a
> box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an
> impossible situation."
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> 
> Margaret Mead