LegoPower77
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Re: Fascist World
We should think beyond the traditional left-right conception of "fascist." As a rightist, I see that for collectivism to be put into action en masse, some level of uniformity will have to be imposed. Could not this be called "fascism?" Certainly, the Fascist Party was no guardian of individualism and entrepreneurship.
Clear-minded people on both the left and right all should unite in outrage against secret meetings between government and the bosses of the entertainment industry about such public topics as "anti-counterfeiting." Bit I suppose the disagreement will begin when I say the politicization of regulations and the corporate welfare system put in place by government-lovers is precisely how the corporate upper echelon is able to game the system.
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| said by LegoPower77  :Clear-minded people on both the left and right all should unite in outrage against secret meetings between government and the bosses of the entertainment industry about such public topics as "anti-counterfeiting." Bit I suppose the disagreement will begin when I say the politicization of regulations and the corporate welfare system put in place by government-lovers is precisely how the corporate upper echelon is able to game the system. lets all unite even though i'm going to blame you for the reason this is going on? way to put yourself on the moral high road there... 
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said by LegoPower77 :Clear-minded people on both the left and right all should unite in outrage against secret meetings between government and the bosses of the entertainment industry about such public topics as "anti-counterfeiting." You're on the right track. But you forgot to mention the majority of clear-minded people: those on neither the right or left side of partisan disputes that obscure real issues like this. |
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Well, all too many in here see a supposed "market failure" and think more regulations will fix it. At the same time, the bête noire is political rent-seeking; in other words, K Street lobbyists and AstroTurfing.
People who advocate for limited government and enumerated powers are tagged somehow as fascist while most of the rest of the political spectrum is engaged in enacting huge public works programs which will require a "fascist"-like control over people in order to have a chance at success.
I admit to being provocative, but it's only hopefully to get people to try to see things differently sometimes.
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