While communism is the control of business by government, fascism is the control of government by business.
My American Heritage Dictionary defines fascism as "a system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership together with belligerent nationalism."
Hitler's propaganda chief Herman Goerring once said: "It is always simply a matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
Benito Mussolini's insight was that "fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power."
2007-06-30
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