You are thinking of corporatism Den, which is a synonym for fascism...just less of a charged term.
Eric On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 5:55 PM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 5:32 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > > > "I still think it's a meme." > > > > It's a book. With a Beck program, the audience is partly influenced by > > emotion. Much harder in a book. > > Books convey emotion wonderfully. Far better than video, IMO. > > I say the book is part of the meme because it's recent, and seems to > be pushing this recent thought pattern. > > > "Ultimately it's probably the corporations behind it -- Big Money -- > like a > > twisted version of the 'twilight bark'." > > > > Of course they are. They want to make money by selling books. > > > > Or maybe you mean those nefarious mega-corps that control the government. > > Then all I could say is they play both sides of center very well. > > They have the money needed to play all sides well. The only side they > are on, is their own. > > And they're like people now, where their money == free speech, thanks > to... um... well, I guess it's the Liberals who supported that? The > commies on the supreme court? > > ... > > "Makes sense. Sci-fi has a lot of 'futures' controlled by corps....And > > crazy military governments, I guess." > > > > They do. It's probably what we are heading for. By the way, the fusion > of > > government and big business is Fascism. > > So we've been Fascist since the 80's? Seems like a weird definition > of Fascism, to me. > > Where's the violence? Isn't that part of fascism? > > I think there's a word that has "corp" in it, that comes closer to the > mark. > > > "Bush took us a lot closer to a crazy militaristic government than Obama > > has, but the folks complaining now weren't then, when that was the right > > time, compared to now." > > > > On Bush, how so? In what sense? > > Torture, habeas corpus, "first strike", phone taps, "my lawyer said I > could do it", etc.? Religious belief influencing policy? Religious > belief influencing scientific discovery? > > > On Obama, remember this quote: > > > > "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the > national > > security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national > > security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as > > well-funded." > > Bush said the same-ish thing. And stuff actually came of it. > Remember how "good citizens" were seeing terrorists everywhere? > > > Fortunately, this has come to naught. Give him a second term and we'll > see > > what happens. > > I don't see the sweeping change you do. But, as I, and other people > have said before, "I wouldn't be surprised". People were primed for > this crap by the last administration. "We need to be safe, more than > to be free." > > They don't give the power back willingly. > > But come on, remember water-boarding? We were there, dude, and the > people bitching about the loss of Real America didn't say squat, and > in fact, cheered on the pretty lame-ass, > destructive-to-american-spirit policies. > > In the UK, they're having citizens watch the CCTV cams for suspicious > activity. Super-awesome idea, that. > > Fear the next terrorist attack. But not because of the violence, but > rather, because of what we'll do to ourselves in the name of making us > safe. > > > Can you remember other countries that had civilian paramilitary > > organizations? Obviously, there was the Hitler Youth. Look up the CCC > > sometime. Then there's the American > > Legion<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legion>(obviously, this > > organization has changed a lot over the years): > ... > > Are you seriously saying we've got another Hitler Youth on our hands? > Or are close to something similar? > > Meeeeeemmmmmeeeeee. =) > > I guess the militias teaming up with the Tea Party heads is sorta like > that. All anti-immigration and whathaveyou. > > Mass insanity is freaking awesome to behold. This Socialist, Nazi, > and eugenic talk, is really out there-- I'm not saying it's not true, > but it is *way* out there... what do you think about remote viewing? > > I'd sell you a widget, but Obama is in office. > Have a nice day and beware of socialism! > > That still cracked me up. :) > > :Den > > -- > It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. > Friedri > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328587 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
