SoylentBlake ,

Your point is valid.

Mussolini described fascism as the merger of the corporation and the state, his entire cabinet was staffed with the heads of industry no less.

Now, a technocracy, where the smartest people, the experts, have the seats of power sounds...logical. Assuming the CEOs, whose only skill is having access to capital (kowtowing with the rich, its about who you know, etc) are the experts is exactly what the media sells us everyday and as the only thing Elon Musk has genuinely done on his own is show us that, boy oh boy, we do NOT live in a meritocracy. And he bought his way into that one as well, staying true to character.

Corporations are an accountability shield that enable atrocity. It used to be that it took religion to convince man to compromise his moral self and commit evil (...look at Israel right now). In the modern world we have streamlined the process, no faith required. Giving the morally jettisoned power is such a horrible horrible idea.

If Trump wins, not only will we all face down his fascist regime (Immigration and Border Patrol brown shirted) but I worry the solidifying of corporate statemanship into the permanently entrenched (our own taxes fund our oppression) would mean reform, thru voting or any other peaceful means, rendered impossible.

I consider that likelihood at 100%. The same as declaring war on the cartels, under public safety over fent, to climatize people to the military operating in our borders, before they're ordered to illegally act against us. That probability, mark my words, 100%

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