[cicero's_son]

Corporatism::Capitalism::Islamism:Islam A gross oversimplification, but a useful one I think. Corporatism and modernism are indistinguishable, imo. They both see people as "resources," and deny anything beyond the material.

More insidiosly, they both use powerful semiotics (see, "The International Style" in architecture) and a borderline occult (Gnostic?) insight over the human psyche to manipulate the course of history.

Anyway, thanks for the links. I've bookmarked them for later reading.

[independentmind]

Corporatism::Capitalism::Islamism:Islam A gross oversimplification, but a useful one I think.

Yes, well I am still trying to figure out what capitalism is. Until I do so, I would modify your analogy as follows:

Corporatism::Capitalism Free Enterprise ::Islamism:Islam