Article by Peter Skurkiss in The American Thinker
American fascism?
Fascism is a nebulous term which people throw around as a pejorative, even for minor things.
When
asked what they mean by fascism, they're at a loss. Like the word
'racist,' 'fascism' or 'fascist' is typically used by liberals and their
ilk to smear their opponents and to cut off debates. As for those who
seriously write about fascism, each seems to have their own definition.
Perhaps George Orwell said it best in 1946: "The word Fascism has now no
meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable.'"
Still,
a broad working definition of fascism can be found by going to the
source -- Benito Mussolini, the father of 20th century fascism. Mussolini said: "Fascism
should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is a merger
of state and corporate power." Looking out over the American landscape,
isn't this almost exactly what we see today, an unholy marriage between
the state and big business?
To understand the
scope of this, understand that the state is far more than just elected
officials. It also includes the massive unelected and mostly
unaccountable government bureaucracies which are permanently in place.
As for corporations, it includes the mainstream media which could
properly be called the corporate media. In the U.S. today, six media behemoths control
a whopping 90% of what Americans read, watch, and listen to. They are
GE, News-Corp, Disney, Viacom, Timer-Warner, and CBS. Other corporate
players include the tech companies, the big banks,
and international corporations
The current Wuhan pandemic provides an excellent illustration how American corporatism works.
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This corporatism goes
beyond the COVID vaccines. It's everywhere. As the government-mandated
lockdowns devastated small businesses on Main Street, the wealth of
corporate billionaires grew. And ask yourself, since the fiscal crisis
of 2008, who has been benefiting from the policies of the Federal
Reserve, the big banks or the average American? And when things get
sticky, who gets bailed out, the "to big to fail" banks or the likes of
Joe the plumber and Jane the hairdresser?
It all
so seamless. The state and the big corporations each provide cover for
the other. Here's an example. President Biden said he might use OSHA
regulations to force companies of over 100 people to require their
employees be vaccinated. And although not such regulations have yet been
issued and might never be, many large companies are tripping over themselves to issue such a mandate. One hand here is washing the other.
There's
little dissent between the state and the big corporations as to the
overall agenda being perused. And that is to increase centralization and
government control over society. The only ones on the outside looking
in are the American people, the very ones whom government policies are
supposed to benefit. Or as the late comedian George Carlin would have put it: "It's a big fancy club, and the American people ain't in it."
If
fascism is too harsh a term for you to describe what is going on in
America today, then refer to it as corporatism. Mussolini would
understand and approve. But whatever you call it, the fact is the
existing de facto merger between the state and large corporations is
suffocating the middle and working class of America.
