[ExI] Usages of the term libertarianism

[Samantha Atkins]

On 05/18/2011 12:44 AM, BillK wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Kelly Anderson  wrote:
>> Gee, I spend a good portion of my life with the government examining
>> my every move. It feels like socialism to me. If not economically,
>> then in the social engineering aspect, it is way too social for me.
>>
>> Yes, I understand that Europe is even worse. Singapore is economically
>> more free, but not socially.
>>
>> I haven't lived in Europe, and from the sounds of it, I would not
>> enjoy it one bit.
>>
>>
>
> The US might feel like socialism to you but it is actually Corporate Fascism.
> <http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7260.htm>
> Quote:
>
> "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
> merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
>
> While we Americans have been trained to keenly identify the opposite
> of fascism, i.e., government intrusion into and usurpation of private
> enterprise, we have not been trained to identify the usurpation of
> government by private enterprise.

Actually both of those are fascism and both are practiced in the US.  
Both hinge on the fundamental notion that government should be actively 
involved in the marketplace.  It is that notion that must be challenged 
to get rid of both evils.  If government has no power in the economic 
realm, except to enforce laws again initiation of force including fraud, 
then there is no government favor or power for any corporation to buy.

- s