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minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-21 month ago Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power. i’m struggling to think of a single capitalist state i have some knowledge of that doesn’t work like this. there are probably a few of them…?
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMerger is the key word. Corporates do have some power, to greater or lesser degrees, in most government systems. But very few have the level of control over writing laws and paying politicians that the USA has.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoi can think of a few, very much including my own.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSo watch out for more signs of fascism, particularly when corporate rights trump individuals.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agooh we had a literal fascist as our head of state very recently, and things point to this happening again. i think this is a big sign lololol
i’m struggling to think of a single capitalist state i have some knowledge of that doesn’t work like this. there are probably a few of them…?
Merger is the key word.
Corporates do have some power, to greater or lesser degrees, in most government systems. But very few have the level of control over writing laws and paying politicians that the USA has.
i can think of a few, very much including my own.
So watch out for more signs of fascism, particularly when corporate rights trump individuals.
oh we had a literal fascist as our head of state very recently, and things point to this happening again. i think this is a big sign lololol