Properties of fascism

AssHatZombie said:
no. it's shitty and sucks and missed the whole point.

the consitution is a government docuement, don't forget that.

corporations are not morally pure.

state capture is real, and is fascism.

i'm providing clarity.

you're feeding into the globalist attempt to redefine fascism as nationalism.

fascism is not the same as totalitarianism either.
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Redefinition fallacy (fascist<->corporation, corporation<->government).
 
AssHatZombie said:
https://politicalresearch.org › 2005 › 01 › 12 › mussolini-corporate-state
Mussolini on the Corporate State | Political Research Associates
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." — Benito Mussolini It is generally attributed to an article written by Mussolini in the 1932 Enciclopedia Italiana with the assistance of Giovanni Gentile, the editor.
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Redefinition fallacy (fascist<->corporation, corporation<->government, international trade<->fascism).
 
AssHatZombie said:
https://politicalresearch.org › 2005 › 01 › 12 › mussolini-corporate-state
Mussolini on the Corporate State | Political Research Associates
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." — Benito Mussolini It is generally attributed to an article written by Mussolini in the 1932 Enciclopedia Italiana with the assistance of Giovanni Gentile, the editor.
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Selective quoting. Special pleading fallacy. Redefinition fallacy (fascist<->corporation, corporation<->government). Bigotry.
 
AssHatZombie said:
yes they are. tell me how corporations in the modern sense of the word are different.

more libertarian fascist word games.

im wet now.
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Redefinition fallacies (fascist<->corporation, corporation<->government), libertarian<->fascism, fascism<->semantics fallacy). Argument of the Stone fallacy. RQAA.
 
AssHatZombie said:
"ATLAS SHRUGGED" by Ayn Rand - A Blueprint for Ushering in the New World Order
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Last Updated: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 05:33:51 PM



Atlas Shrugged



any of you may already know that the book "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand, is the blueprint for the New World Order (see below). In fact it is little known habit of the elite to place a copy this book like the one below (35th anniversary gold embossed) on their coffee tables. If you are one of "them" you will be able to quickly identity that these people (who process this book) are "in the know". This is really no different than a Freemason using a secret handshake to identify a fellow Mason.


ATLAS SHRUGGED

Philippe de RothschildIn 1957, a 1,168 page book by Ayn Rand, called Atlas Shrugged, was published. According to one source, Rand was alleged to be a mistress to Philippe Rothschild, who instructed her to write the book in order to show that through the raising of oil prices, then destroying the oil fields and shutting down the coal mines, the Illuminati would take over the world. It also related how they would blow up grain mills, derail trains, bankrupt and destroy their own companies, till they had destroyed the economy of the entire world; and yet, they would be so wealthy, that it would not substantially affect their vast holdings. The novel is about a man who stops the motor of the world, of what happens when “the men of the mind, the intellectuals of the world, the originators and innovators in every line of industry go on strike; when the men of creative ability in every profession, in protest against regulation, quit and disappear.”

If we are to believe that the book represents the Illuminati’s plans for the future, then the following excerpts may provide some insight to the mentality of the elitists who are preparing us for one-world government.



One of the characters, Francisco d’Anconia, a copper industrialist and heir to a great fortune, the first to join the strike, says:



“I am destroying d’Anconia Copper, consciously, deliberately, by plan and by my own hand. I have to plan it carefully and work as hard as if I were producing a fortune- in order not to let them notice it and stop me, in order not to let them seize the mines until it is too late ... I shall destroy every last bit of it and every last penny of my fortune and every ounce of copper that could feed the looters. I shall not leave it as I found it- I shall leave it as Sebastian d’Anconia found it- then let them try to exist without him or me!”



A bit later, d’Anconia says: “We produced the wealth of the world- but we let our enemies write its moral code.” Still later, he says: “We’ll survive without it. They won’t.”



Dagney Taggart, the main character of the book, is the head of the Taggart Transcontinental Railroad. Her goal was to find out who John Galt was. She discovered that he was a young inventor with the Twentieth Century Motor Company, who said he would put an end to the regulations which bound a man to his job indefinitely. Before disappearing, he said: “I will stop the motor of the world.” He told her:



“Dagney, we who’ve been called ‘materialists’ ... we’re the only ones who know how little value or meaning there is in material objects ... we’re the ones who create their value and meaning. We can afford to give them up ... We are the soul, of which railroads, copper mines, steel mines, and oil wells are the body- and they are living entities that beat day and night, like our hearts, in the sacred function of supporting human life, but only so long as they remain our body, only so long as they remain the expression, the reward and the property of achievement. Without us, they are corpses and their sole product is poison, not wealth or food, the poison of disintegration that turns men into hordes of scavengers ... You do not have to depend on any material possessions, they depend on you, you create them, you own the one and only tool of production ... leave them the carcass of that railroad, leave them all the rusted nails and rotted ties and gutted engines- but don’t leave them your mind.”



Later in the book, Galt says:



“And the same will be happening in every other industry, wherever machines are used- the machines which they thought could replace our minds. Plane crashes, oil tank explosions, blast furnace breakouts, high tension wire electrocutions, subway cave-ins, and trestle collapses- they’ll see them all. The very machines that made their life so safe- will now make it a continuous peril ... You know that the cities will be hit worst of all. The cities were made by the railroads and will go with them ... When the rails are cut, the city of New York will starve in two days. That’s all the supply of food its got. It’s fed by a continent three thousand miles long. How will they carry food to New York? By directive and ox-cart? But first, before it happens, they’ll go through the whole of the agony- through the shrinking, the shortages, the hunger riots, the stampeding violence in the midst of the growing stillness ... They’ll lose the airplanes first, then their automobiles, then their trucks, then their horsecarts .. Their factories will stop, then their furnaces and their radios. Then their electric light system will go.”



Francisco d’Anconia, who blew up all the copper mines in the world, said of Galt:



“He had quit the Twentieth Century. He was living in a garret in a slum neighborhood. He stepped to the window and pointed at the skyscrapers of the city. He said that we had to extinguish the lights of the world, and when we would see the lights of New York go out, we would know that our job was done.”



Galt led the men of the mind, on strike, and they retired to a self-supporting valley, where a character, Midas Mulligan, says that “the world is falling apart so fast that it will soon be starving. But we will be able to support ourselves in this valley.” Galt said: “There is only one kind of men who have never been on strike in human history ... the men who have carried the world on their shoulders, have kept it alive, have endured torture as sole payment ... Well, their turn has come. Let the world discover who they are, what they do and what happens when they refuse to function. This is the strike of the men of the mind.”



The book describes what resulted from the strike: “But years later, when we saw the lights going out, one after another, in the great factories that had stood like mountains for generations, when we saw the gates closing and the conveyer belts turning still, when we saw the roads growing empty and the streams of cars draining off, when it began to look as if some silent power were stopping the generators of the world and the world was crumbling quietly...” And the culmination of their efforts: “The plane was above the peaks of the skyscrapers when suddenly, with the abruptness of a shudder, as if the ground had parted to engulf it, the city had disappeared from the face of the earth. It took them a moment to realize that the panic had reached the power stations- and the lights of New York had gone out.” The men of the mind had taken over the world.



Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged, which was a bestseller; had previously written We the Living (1936); The Fountainhead (1943), which became a 1949 movie starring Gary Cooper as an architect willing to blow up his own work, rather than see it perverted by public housing bureaucrats; and Anthem (1946). She later wrote For the New Intellectual (1961), Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (1966), and The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution (1970). She also published a monthly journal (with Nathaniel Branden, a psychological theorist) called The Objectivist.



Rand based her novel on her philosophy which she calls Objectivism. As she puts it: “We are the radicals for capitalism ... because it is the only system geared to the life of a rational being ... The method of capitalism’s destruction rests on never letting the world discover what it is that is being destroyed.” She also said about the book: “I trust that no one will tell me that men such as I write about don’t exist. That this book has been written- and published- is proof that they do.”



In the book Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, in a chapter titled “Is Atlas Shrugging” she wrote that “the purpose of this book is to prevent itself from being prophetic.” She also quoted several news stories which seemed to indicate that the world was indeed being depleted of its brains and intellectuals.



Is Atlas Shrugged a coded blueprint for the Illuminati’s plans of bringing this world to a point where they can institute a one world government? It certainly is thought provoking, and it is included only for the sake of conjecture. Being that the Illuminati is destroying our economy, and they do control the corporate structure of the United States, if not the world, there just may be something to this book, and maybe we should consider it a warning.

http://www.illuminati-news.com/2007/0322a.htm
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No. Atlas Shrugged is a fable, describing the costs of unproductive people, and allowing bureaucrats to destroy society. John Galt and his community are not illuminati and didn't take over the world. It is not a blueprint for creating an illuminati or for creating a one world government. There is no illuminati or world government.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
No, I don't.

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/08/11/unite-right-5-years-later-where-are-they-now
Five years after white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, the statue they came to protect is gone, and the “alt-right” coalition they embodied has imploded. At the same time, the existential threat that far-right extremism poses to the U.S. has arguably never been more severe....

...Spencer continues to operate the web-based publication Radix Journal, which SPLC listed as white nationalist in 2021. Spencer and his former collaborators have lambasted each other on social media. Spencer periodically also makes comments criticizing former President Trump and the Republican Party.

Looks like he's trying to cover his ass while still being a Pedo Nazi.

The fact you dodged the question was expected, pup. Most MAGA morons ain't too bright. LOL
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Inversion fallacy.
 
AssHatZombie said:
how is that different from modern large corporations?

this is a distinction without a difference, to accomodate for your political blindness.
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With all due respect, I believe Mussolini was describing an expansion of the guild system to all industries and services.


"Corporate Guild Order Control of the Florentine Republic in the 13th and 14th Century"

https://brewminate.com/corporate-gu...entine-republic-in-the-13th-and-14th-century/

"The Renaissance, being a time of great cultural and political change, was a time of significant economic development, particularly in the creation of new corporate structures. During this era, the Florentine Republic was built and dependent upon said corporate social structures, in which guilds were the foundation—not only in controlling economic life but also in solidifying the state’s connection with the Roman Catholic Church. The state was merely a product of these guilds with institutions designed to function only in the way these guilds desired. Everything from the social culture to the laws citizens followed depended heavily on the stability and strength of this corporate structure and its control over the state. "
 
Bigdog said:
With all due respect, I believe Mussolini was describing an expansion of the guild system to all industries and services.


"Corporate Guild Order Control of the Florentine Republic in the 13th and 14th Century"

https://brewminate.com/corporate-gu...entine-republic-in-the-13th-and-14th-century/
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that too. but also there were shareholders of these corporations.

it's not meaningfully different.

if you dont like corporatism being called fascism that's fine.

there is such a thing as combined corporate and state power, no matter what you call it, and it can tend to be oppressive.

we can call it crony capitalism like matt was saying. that also works for me.

ive never seen a capitalism with no crony component to it, however. Im not advocating communism or anything radical. lets just be aware that overzealous statism has it's opposite in overzealous corporatism.
 
AssHatZombie said:
yes they are. tell me how corporations in the modern sense of the word are different.

more libertarian fascist word games.

im wet now.
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A corporation is a voluntary association of individuals for a common good, corporates under corporatism are labor and capital coming together in partnership with the state just like today's "private-public partnerships" between big tech and the DNC/Federal Government as an end around the Constitution.
 
BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street Global Advisors (“State Street”) recently issued their voting policy updates for 2022, as well as guidance about their 2022 priorities for their portfolio companies. On January 18, 2022, BlackRock’s CEO issued his annual “Letter to CEOs” (available here), following closely on the heels of State Street’s CEO, who issued his annual letter to public company directors (available here) on January 12.

These pronouncements from the “Big Three” asset managers reflect a number of common themes, including an emphasis on climate and the transition to a Net Zero economy, diversity at the board level and throughout the workforce, and effective human capital management. Links to the BlackRock and Vanguard voting policies for 2022 are below. State Street’s voting policy updates span several documents that provide guidance on areas that State Street views as focal points for the coming year. Links to these documents are also below.

BlackRock Proxy Voting Guidelines for U.S. Securities (effective as of January 2022)

Vanguard Proxy Voting Policy for U.S. Companies (effective as of March 1, 2022)

State Street

Guidance on Climate-Related Disclosures;
Disclosure Expectations for Effective Climate Transition Plans;
Guidance on Diversity Disclosures and Practices;
Guidance on Managing Director Time Commitments; and
Guidance on HCM Disclosures & Practices.
1. BlackRock

2022 Letter to CEOs

In his 2022 letter titled “The Power of Capitalism,” BlackRock CEO Larry Fink encourages companies to focus on their purpose and put that purpose at the foundation of their relationships with stakeholders, in order to be valued by their stakeholders and deliver long-term value for their shareholders. The letter urges companies to think about whether they are creating an environment that helps their employee-stakeholders navigate the new world of work that has emerged from the pandemic. The letter observes that most stakeholders now expect companies to play a role in moving toward a Net Zero global economy and discusses BlackRock’s approach to climate and sustainability. This is a priority area for BlackRock because of its need, as a capitalist and fiduciary to its clients, to understand how companies are adjusting their business to massive changes in the economy. Mr. Fink also emphasizes that divesting from entire sectors, or simply passing carbon-intensive assets from public to private markets, will not move the world to Net Zero. BlackRock does not pursue divestment from oil and gas companies as a policy, but believes that action by “foresighted companies” in a variety of carbon-intensive industries is a critical part of the transition to a greener economy. Government participation on the policy, regulatory and disclosure fronts is also critical because, Mr. Fink notes, “businesses can’t do this alone, and they cannot be the climate police.”

The letter concludes with a reminder that BlackRock has built a stewardship team so it can understand companies’ progress throughout the year, and not just during proxy season. BlackRock previously announced an initiative to give more of its clients the option to vote their own holdings, rather than BlackRock casting votes on their behalf. The letter notes that this option is now available to certain institutional clients, including pension funds that support 60 million people. The letter also commits to expanding that universe as BlackRock is committed to a future where every investor, including individual investors, have the option to participate in the proxy voting process.

2022 BlackRock Voting Policy Updates

30% Target on Board Diversity

BlackRock believes boards should aspire to 30% diversity, and encourages companies to have at least two directors who identify as female and at least one who identifies as being from an “underrepresented group.” The definition of “underrepresented group” is broad and includes individuals who identify as racial or ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, underrepresented based on national, Indigenous, religious or cultural identity, individuals with disabilities and veterans. Although the wording of the policy is aspirational, insufficient board diversity was a top reason BlackRock opposed the election of directors in 2021.

Board Diversity Disclosure

BlackRock updated its expectations for disclosure about board diversity. It asks that companies disclose how the diversity characteristics of the board, in aggregate, are aligned with a company’s long-term strategy and business model, and whether a diverse slate of nominees is considered for all available board seats.

Votes on Compensation Committee Members

BlackRock appears to be strengthening its position on votes for compensation committee members where there is a lack of alignment between pay and performance. In that situation, BlackRock will vote “against” the say-on-pay proposal and relevant compensation committee members (rather than simply “considering” negative votes for committee members).

Sustainability Reporting

BlackRock will continue to ask that companies report in accordance with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (“TCFD”) framework. In recognition of continuing advances in sustainability reporting standards, the 2022 voting guidelines recognize that in addition to TCFD, many companies report using industry-specific metrics other than those developed by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”). For those companies, BlackRock asks that they highlight metrics that are industry- or company- specific. It also recommends that companies disclose any multinational standards they have adopted, any industry initiatives in which they participate, any peer group benchmarking undertaken, and any assurance processes to help investors understand their approach to sustainable and responsible business conduct.

Climate Risk

BlackRock continues to ask companies to disclose Net Zero-aligned business plans that are consistent with their business model and sector. For 2022, it is encouraging companies to: (1) demonstrate that their plans are resilient under likely decarbonization pathways and the global aspiration to limit warming to 1.5°C; and (2) disclose how considerations related to having a reliable energy supply and a “just transition” (that protects the most vulnerable from energy price shocks and economic dislocation) affect their plans. BlackRock also updated its voting policies to reflect its existing approach of signaling concerns about a company’s plans or disclosures in its votes on directors, particularly at companies facing material climate risks. In determining how to vote, it will continue to assess whether a company’s disclosures are aligned with the TCFD and provide short-, medium-, and long-term reduction targets for Scope 1 and 2 emissions.

https://www.gibsondunn.com/blackroc...nce-and-esg-policies-and-priorities-for-2022/


what do we want to call these ESG initiatives emedded into corporate mission statements and such?

isn't it a bit totalitarian fascisty or what?

or you guys are good with it.
 
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