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In reply to the discussion: This is what a REAL Democrat sounds like. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)I think that there are benign, limited corporatists (those who think the private sector can do some things better than an unwieldy government with layers of bureaucracy and patronage can), and then there are others who think that Monsanto (or name your poison) should rule the Woooooorld (cue dramatic music)!!!!!
See, I need those qualifiers to distinguish 'em all. I just can't get on board with your definitions.
I wouldn't call guys like this--an owner of a once-large corporation--a royalist, goon, fundamentalist, or anything of that nature. If you own a corporation, have significant holdings in one, get investment income from them, you are--like it or not--a corporatist. You are a member of a system, and you derive benefit from it.
There are good people everywhere, and there are bad people frequenting the same venues, unfortunately. There are unfettered corporatists and capitalists who would beat us bloody and take our last dime without losing a minutes' sleep over it. And there are guys like Aaron Feuerstein.