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mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-10 11:44 AM
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What is "corporatism"?
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Is this meant to refer to the long period of neoliberal capitalism (unregulated, predatory) that began in the 1980s and continues into the present?

Does it mean a capitalist society/economy dominated by corporations?

Is it intended to give a fascist whiff to our political system and economy?

Whenever I see it used here, I always think: Isn't this really American capitalism?

The term in its historical context, the decades of fascism, makes sense to me. As a way to talk about America's capitalist oligarchy, it does not.
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  -What is "corporatism"? mix  Dec-04-10 11:44 AM   #0 
  - For the GOP it means...  FarLeftFist   Dec-04-10 11:46 AM   #1 
  - ...that golden age (for them) before the progressive era.  mix   Dec-04-10 11:47 AM   #2 
  - I see it as a big, toxic mix that includes elements of everything you mentioned.  laughingliberal   Dec-04-10 11:50 AM   #3 
  - Why not call this capitalism?  mix   Dec-04-10 11:54 AM   #5 
     - There are different forms of capitalism AND many people in this country still associate capitalism..  laughingliberal   Dec-04-10 11:59 AM   #7 
        - In this country the only real different types of capitalism  mix   Dec-04-10 12:10 PM   #8 
           - I disagree. I think, as already stated, too many Americans equate 'capitalism' with democracy.  laughingliberal   Dec-04-10 02:27 PM   #22 
              - If you can't accurately diagnose the disease, then you'll never find the cure. nt  mix   Dec-04-10 02:29 PM   #23 
                 - Having diagnosed a few diseases in my time, I'll say it really made no difference if I called...  laughingliberal   Dec-04-10 02:33 PM   #25 
                    - Your patients were in good hands.  mix   Dec-04-10 02:44 PM   #27 
                       - I'm sure you're right about this. But I do believe the word 'corporatism' paints a picture for...  laughingliberal   Dec-04-10 03:06 PM   #28 
  - It's now socialist corporatism  somone   Dec-04-10 11:52 AM   #4 
  - Minimizing risk and avoiding it altogether are very capitalist moves.  mix   Dec-04-10 11:57 AM   #6 
  - A bullshit term which absolves Capitalism of responsibility.. n/t  blindpig   Dec-04-10 12:12 PM   #9 
  - well said  mix   Dec-04-10 12:13 PM   # 
  - +1  leftstreet   Dec-04-10 12:16 PM   #13 
  - +1  Starry Messenger   Dec-04-10 12:17 PM   #14 
  - Corporatism is the world economic system which began in the early 1980s. n/t  Mimosa   Dec-04-10 12:13 PM   #10 
  - Capitalism is the only "world" economic system historically,  mix   Dec-04-10 12:22 PM   #15 
  - It's newspeak. Capitalists are trying to hide behind new messaging  leftstreet   Dec-04-10 12:15 PM   #11 
  - It's a weasel word.  Starry Messenger   Dec-04-10 12:16 PM   #12 
  - It's a classic apologist term.  mix   Dec-04-10 01:15 PM   #18 
     - Solidarity or death by extinction.  Starry Messenger   Dec-04-10 01:27 PM   #19 
  - The merger of corporations and the state.  Odin2005   Dec-04-10 12:31 PM   #16 
  - This was historically true in the USA before fascist corporatism.  mix   Dec-04-10 12:37 PM   #17 
  - Are you looking for a definition of common use in our current political context or the political  Puregonzo1188   Dec-04-10 01:34 PM   #20 
     - I know the term's proper historical usage. And thanks for the comments,  mix   Dec-04-10 01:40 PM   #21 
        - Thanks, I'm currently an undergraduate Political Science/History major and its weird  Puregonzo1188   Dec-04-10 02:32 PM   #24 
           - I have only come across this peculiarly wrong analytical term on the internet.  mix   Dec-04-10 02:35 PM   #26 
 

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