[Sirius Lee]

Big central government tells attacks small business as a favor to big crony business and big crony business attacks small government as a favor back to big central government.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Fascism.

[Mmmike]

Yes, fascism is a good description for it. At the time of America’s founding, the ecosystem of monster-businesses was inconceivable, so law and popular philosophy did not account for them. That’s how they managed to overthrow the American system while operating under color of law.

[Mmmike]

Yes, fascism is a good description for it. At the time of America's founding, this economic model in which a small collection of monster-businesses controls acts alongside and sometimes throuh the government to control basically everything was inconceivable, so law and popular philosophy did not account for it. That's how these organizations managed to overthrow the American system while operating under color of law.

[Mmmike]

Sorry, I think I have it right this time:

Fascism is a good description for it. At the time of America's founding, this economic model in which a small collection of monster-businesses is closely coupled with the government, such that all these entities taken together control basically everything was inconceivable, so law and popular philosophy did not account for it. We still give lip service to American ideals because they used to be alive and we don't quite know what happened to them. In the meantime the proto-fascists of the past had the opportunity to overthrow the American system while operating under color of law, and that's what they did.