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Rob (c137)'s avatar

But yet, universities and corporations rely on milking the government.

What is it called when the private industries and the government walk hand in hand?

Fascism.

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SusanMc's avatar

Public Private Partnerships

Sounds benign

It isn’t

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The Real Mary Rose's avatar

I don't agree, communism takes over the means of production. I would suggest reading/watching some of James Lindsay's work on the topic. Newdiscourses.com.

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Rob (c137)'s avatar

So communism means they run the military industrial complex? 😂

Last I checked in history, when it comes to universities in the USSR , people were able to get practically free education because educated workers benefit the state.

Here in Amerika, education is the most expensive and only benefits the wealthy who can buy their way in. What is the definition of a nation that is run by the wealthy?

OLIGARCHY.

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E. Grogan's avatar

Just because it doesn't fit exactly with Russian communism doesn't mean it isn't communism - which can take a number of different forms with different names, i.e., communism, socialism, fascism.

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The Real Mary Rose's avatar

Whatever you want to name it is fine - and why you're so invested, who knows. But what Democrats have been trying to instill is communism. It is textbook.

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Lugh's avatar

Yes, as Marx said, capital centralizes. Capitalism unchecked leads to Plutocratic Oligarchy. You people won. Careful of what you dream about, you might get it. Happy? You didn't understand the consequences, even though unintended perhaps.

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kam's avatar

Free Market Capitalism, free of Monopolies, free of Government favoritism, has yet to arrive on the shores of America.

Once a Private Central Bank controls Money and Credit, only the favored few will prosper beyond their wildest dreams.

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Lugh's avatar

Such a thing can't exist since it is opposed to human society. If order isn't kept, if they are allowed to run roughshod over everyone, then the people will take matters into their own hands. Ditto pure Communism.

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GenEarly's avatar

and "What" do the Universities teach??? Demoncrazy ProgreSSive Communism

Tyranny is Tyranny, the "Isms" just are for debating facades.

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Lugh's avatar

It's Fascism when Government leads the dance. What we have is the opposite with the private sphere leading (at the highest level) - Plutocracy in other words.

You want to separate the two spheres, right? Can't be done in the modern industrial state. Actually, it was never really done since human life is an organic whole. In any case, one will lead. But which? You want the one that is faceless, devoted to profit alone, and beholden only to owners and shareholders to lead, right? Not the one voted in and that take an oath to serve.

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