Tensions high in fallout over students wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco Mayo

[rb336]

dictionaries give you the simplistic definition. go read Mussolini, the guy who founded it. he said it was synonymous with corporatism.

Fascism is a marriage of dictatorial government and corporate interests

[Sstashmoo]

Quote: "Fascism is a marriage of dictatorial government and corporate interests"

Rewriting the dictionaries now are we? Fix all those definitions..

[rb336]

no, just describing it the way its inventor described it, the true, historical definition

[maxx]

Does you advocating against freedom of religion count?

I haven't advocated against freedom of religion. I have shown what everyone should know about how fundamentalists are attempting to influence our government and our science curricula. And I have asked believers to explain their beliefs. I don't care what someone believes as long as my life is not affected . But if someone posts their beliefs, I want to know why they believe what they believe.
So show me where I have advocated against the freedom of religion. The trouble with some believers is that if someone asks them to explain their beliefs, they take their questions as threats.

[oladub]

dictionaries give you the simplistic definition. go read Mussolini, the guy who founded it. he said it was synonymous with corporatism.

Fascism is a marriage of dictatorial government and corporate interests

I generally agree although I would finesse your statement with corporatism = economic fascism. It is good to work in the adjective 'economic' because fascism means too many things to too many people. The problem with economic fascism is that there is a tendency for economic fascism to proceed into a broader fascism as those in power accrue more power.

Here is a pretty good differenciation of socialism and corporatism.
"Socialism is a system where the government directly owns and manages businesses. Corporatism is a system where businesses are nominally in private hands, but are in fact controlled by the government. In a corporatist state, government officials often act in collusion with their favored business interests to design polices that give those interests a monopoly position, to the detriment of both competitors and consumers."
- from Ron Paul's article Obama the Corporatist

[GOAT]

This is just the start of a people who will be demanding semi-autonomy within the next 100 years. Cali, New Mexico, Arizona and perhaps southern Texas will become this new state or country if they don't grow closer ties to Mexico.

Welcome to Canada's woes with Quebec.