Connecticutter
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Under your definition of coroporatism, there seems to be little difference between a corporatist and a socialist other than the fact that the corporatists are being more honest about what they are doing and that the corporatists make use of existing buisiness structures when they come into power while the socialists might want erase everything and start over.
Our government it influence by lobbyist groups, many of whom (but not all) come from corporations. Unfortunately, we have a system of subsidies and bail-outs that are bad for American consumers. Although our system is being undermined, it is still capitalist.
If you take a look at our cultural diversity, you can see we're not very authoritarian, although I would take the libertarian position and say that the government should stay out of our lives even more.
About your complaint on the perpetuity of corporations - they aren't perpetual. The corporations that existed 100 years ago are different than the one which exist today. Now I am against all of these corporate bail-outs, subsidies, etc. - so perhaps if I made policy corporations would have a much shorter lifespan, but that doesn't mean that they are immortal today.
Our government it influence by lobbyist groups, many of whom (but not all) come from corporations. Unfortunately, we have a system of subsidies and bail-outs that are bad for American consumers. Although our system is being undermined, it is still capitalist.
If you take a look at our cultural diversity, you can see we're not very authoritarian, although I would take the libertarian position and say that the government should stay out of our lives even more.
About your complaint on the perpetuity of corporations - they aren't perpetual. The corporations that existed 100 years ago are different than the one which exist today. Now I am against all of these corporate bail-outs, subsidies, etc. - so perhaps if I made policy corporations would have a much shorter lifespan, but that doesn't mean that they are immortal today.