The Rise Of Major Corporate Power And The Risk Of Fascism In The United States
There are two articles which I am going to tie together. They are both from the same source - The Progressive. The first is a new article on the fraud of Corporate Personhood and the Supreme Court's complicity. Then as a follow on to the dynamic of corporate personhood and the "economic capture" of our government that results from it, is the potential for Fascism to come to America.
Because these two articles are at The Progressive, I want to make a few quick remarks. It seems many ideologically-driven conservative liars label progressivism as a precursor to anything that isn't democracy. That includes socialism, communism and fascism. That is absurdly inaccurate and driven by a rewriting of history. It seems like we are getting a lot of rewritten history lately including some pretty kooky remarks about the main issue behind the Civil War. That these remarks about the Civil War are tied to the equally kooky Virginia governor pronouncement of confederate month is no coincidence. Some are now saying the Civil War was about free trade. This is eerily reminiscent of the crazies who want to rewrite Hitler's atrocities in World War II. There are always revisionists with an agenda. The search to uncover truth is one thing. Lies are another. That there were secondary issues between industrial and agrarian states is surely true. To say that slavery was not the primary issue in the Civil War is preposterous. I guess the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment were just issued for the hell of it.
I have noted countless times that Thomas Jefferson was a progressive. In fact, Thomas Jefferson's disdain for corporate power is quoted in the first article above. Socialism and communism are far left political notions of fairness. Some deluded ideological state of nirvana. They are foolish notions because they do not take into account the human condition. In other words, they make an assumption that most or all people are good and of the same mind. That is a completely invalid assumption with absolutely no basis in reality. People are not good. Nor are they bad. People are people. They all suffer from the human condition which is a very, very complex state of consciousness. The fact that people are not good is the very reason why government, Wall Street, the Catholic Church or no other major bureaucracy should ever be trusted without complete transparency.
Fascism is a far right political manifestation driven substantially of being pro-business. Obviously these are very simplistic remarks because I am not going to write a book. But as we wrote some time ago, it was a pro-business putsch by right-leaning American business leaders that sought to overthrow the United States government under Franklin Roosevelt. Because they thought the United States needed a strong pro-business leader like Adolph Hitler. Adolph Hitler loved American businesses just like China does today. How much of that story is true is up for debate but there seems to be some evidence as outlined in the BBC documentary. These general themes of pro-business are what has become the ideology of the modern Republican party at the national level. Which is why, if you consider yourself a conservative, you likely support little that is going on with Washington Republican elites. It is also why only 12% of Americans have constructive opinions about the national Republican party. It's also why the Republican party is deluded if they they think they are going to take back Washington. The revolt against Washington is against incumbents, not a particular party.
Regardless, both far left and far right ideologies seeking to circumvent democracy are neoliberal ideologies. In other words, a chosen few believe they have the right to rule as our kings and queens. Neoliberalism is much deeper than this as we have remarked before but again I don't feel like writing a book. Needless to say, neoliberalism is running rampant in Washington regardless of political party.
The greatest threat to the United States today is not socialism. It's fascism. A far right big-business corporatocracy involving our federal government. It's also why every American should support State's Rights instead of labeling people who support this dynamic as kooks. Was Thomas Jefferson a kook? He is a father of State's Rights. We see seeds of fascism already in existence with the economic capture of our federal government by big business. If you want one reason to enforce anti-trust regulation across all industries, this is it. Maybe Paul Krugman should learn a little about reality before he writes senseless op-eds that he sees no reason to break up big banks. A clown indeed.
It is a push from the right driven by the corporatist environment that has consumed our federal government with fraud and corruption. And now it has captured both parties and all of Washington. I don't believe fascism subverting our Constitution permanently is remotely possible but who knows. They have subverted it temporarily. This is an issue worth raising so people will get on board with a rejection of Corporate Personhood as the biggest issue facing our country, our economy, our jobs and our future.
We didn't have anti-trust regulations over one hundred years old just for the hell of it.
We have repeatedly remarked that we are not pro-business. That government being pro-business is the foundation of what has gotten the United States into this economic mess. And that we need a return to policy that is pro-markets. Pro-market is not pro-business at all. They couldn't be more different. Pro-markets is based in democracy and opportunity. Of self-determination and free will. Pro-markets would mean an end to all of these trade agreements influenced by a big-business captured federal government. Pro-markets would drive a return to entrepreneurialism and economic opportunity. Pro-markets would be driven by public banking. We don't need Wall Street. Let's take this opportunity to permanently ditch that den of vipers as well.
Because these two articles are at The Progressive, I want to make a few quick remarks. It seems many ideologically-driven conservative liars label progressivism as a precursor to anything that isn't democracy. That includes socialism, communism and fascism. That is absurdly inaccurate and driven by a rewriting of history. It seems like we are getting a lot of rewritten history lately including some pretty kooky remarks about the main issue behind the Civil War. That these remarks about the Civil War are tied to the equally kooky Virginia governor pronouncement of confederate month is no coincidence. Some are now saying the Civil War was about free trade. This is eerily reminiscent of the crazies who want to rewrite Hitler's atrocities in World War II. There are always revisionists with an agenda. The search to uncover truth is one thing. Lies are another. That there were secondary issues between industrial and agrarian states is surely true. To say that slavery was not the primary issue in the Civil War is preposterous. I guess the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment were just issued for the hell of it.
I have noted countless times that Thomas Jefferson was a progressive. In fact, Thomas Jefferson's disdain for corporate power is quoted in the first article above. Socialism and communism are far left political notions of fairness. Some deluded ideological state of nirvana. They are foolish notions because they do not take into account the human condition. In other words, they make an assumption that most or all people are good and of the same mind. That is a completely invalid assumption with absolutely no basis in reality. People are not good. Nor are they bad. People are people. They all suffer from the human condition which is a very, very complex state of consciousness. The fact that people are not good is the very reason why government, Wall Street, the Catholic Church or no other major bureaucracy should ever be trusted without complete transparency.
Fascism is a far right political manifestation driven substantially of being pro-business. Obviously these are very simplistic remarks because I am not going to write a book. But as we wrote some time ago, it was a pro-business putsch by right-leaning American business leaders that sought to overthrow the United States government under Franklin Roosevelt. Because they thought the United States needed a strong pro-business leader like Adolph Hitler. Adolph Hitler loved American businesses just like China does today. How much of that story is true is up for debate but there seems to be some evidence as outlined in the BBC documentary. These general themes of pro-business are what has become the ideology of the modern Republican party at the national level. Which is why, if you consider yourself a conservative, you likely support little that is going on with Washington Republican elites. It is also why only 12% of Americans have constructive opinions about the national Republican party. It's also why the Republican party is deluded if they they think they are going to take back Washington. The revolt against Washington is against incumbents, not a particular party.
Regardless, both far left and far right ideologies seeking to circumvent democracy are neoliberal ideologies. In other words, a chosen few believe they have the right to rule as our kings and queens. Neoliberalism is much deeper than this as we have remarked before but again I don't feel like writing a book. Needless to say, neoliberalism is running rampant in Washington regardless of political party.
The greatest threat to the United States today is not socialism. It's fascism. A far right big-business corporatocracy involving our federal government. It's also why every American should support State's Rights instead of labeling people who support this dynamic as kooks. Was Thomas Jefferson a kook? He is a father of State's Rights. We see seeds of fascism already in existence with the economic capture of our federal government by big business. If you want one reason to enforce anti-trust regulation across all industries, this is it. Maybe Paul Krugman should learn a little about reality before he writes senseless op-eds that he sees no reason to break up big banks. A clown indeed.
It is a push from the right driven by the corporatist environment that has consumed our federal government with fraud and corruption. And now it has captured both parties and all of Washington. I don't believe fascism subverting our Constitution permanently is remotely possible but who knows. They have subverted it temporarily. This is an issue worth raising so people will get on board with a rejection of Corporate Personhood as the biggest issue facing our country, our economy, our jobs and our future.
We didn't have anti-trust regulations over one hundred years old just for the hell of it.
We have repeatedly remarked that we are not pro-business. That government being pro-business is the foundation of what has gotten the United States into this economic mess. And that we need a return to policy that is pro-markets. Pro-market is not pro-business at all. They couldn't be more different. Pro-markets is based in democracy and opportunity. Of self-determination and free will. Pro-markets would mean an end to all of these trade agreements influenced by a big-business captured federal government. Pro-markets would drive a return to entrepreneurialism and economic opportunity. Pro-markets would be driven by public banking. We don't need Wall Street. Let's take this opportunity to permanently ditch that den of vipers as well.
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