Eisenhower famously spoke about the “Military-Industrial complex”. Some folks thought that was about the Army and the defense contractors, more or less. But really it is a broad concept — that merging corporate and government power is a huge mistake and deprives we the people of our freedom. That way lies dictatorship. Eisenhower knew it.
>>That way lies dictatorship.
In the Old Testament is was named Ba’al.
Ba’al is a Hebrew word for Lord, Possessor, Master, Owner — typically manifested ala the merger of Commerce, Government, and Religion into a State of affairs where “COMMERCE BETWEEN MASTER AND SLAVE IS DESPOTISM”.
Same ol’.