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 > > > I enjoyed a documentary film the other day and thought of dear Platt: > > > http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/american_ruling_class/ > > > > "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." > > > Margaret Mead Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
