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Old 11-21-2012, 10:43 PM
WTE_Galway WTE_Galway is offline
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Originally Posted by tk471138 View Post
i think he means the essence of fascism is the merging of the govt (state) and corporations...

But a tenant of NSDAP fascism was opposition to capitalism. The Nazi's saw corporate power as a threat to the well being of the state.

I think these days "fascism" has simply become synonymous with authoritarianism.

As a case in point, you regularly get people saying silly stuff like "fascism and communism are really the same thing" when the only thing they actually have in common is a propensity to resort to authoritarian rule.
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