No, in a fascist state the government controls the corporations, not the other way around. We'd be lucky if we lived in a fascist state because the CEOs of all these companies hurting the country would have been shot for treason. We're living in a corporatocracy, which is when corporations control the government.
Yup, it's the paradox of freedom. Freedom usually degrades into this sort of thing since people are free to act in their own best interest without limit. Now, when you're normal person, that's ok. But say, when you run a multinational corporation, or are a billionaire, acting in your own best interests usually means crushing the society that allowed you to be successful. It's a tough balance to maintain.
We've mixed up what freedom is. Freedom is freedom from excessive or intrusive government power. On another level it's freedom from worldliness (I.e., inordinate attachments to material things). Either way, the idea of freedom meaning to do whatever you want when you want us part of why we are where we are. People need limits otherwise they end up turning their children into the opposite sex and telling everyone that they're racist just for existing.
No, in a fascist state the government controls the corporations, not the other way around. We'd be lucky if we lived in a fascist state because the CEOs of all these companies hurting the country would have been shot for treason. We're living in a corporatocracy, which is when corporations control the government.
We live in weird times for sure....
Yup, it's the paradox of freedom. Freedom usually degrades into this sort of thing since people are free to act in their own best interest without limit. Now, when you're normal person, that's ok. But say, when you run a multinational corporation, or are a billionaire, acting in your own best interests usually means crushing the society that allowed you to be successful. It's a tough balance to maintain.
We've mixed up what freedom is. Freedom is freedom from excessive or intrusive government power. On another level it's freedom from worldliness (I.e., inordinate attachments to material things). Either way, the idea of freedom meaning to do whatever you want when you want us part of why we are where we are. People need limits otherwise they end up turning their children into the opposite sex and telling everyone that they're racist just for existing.