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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:00 PM Original message |
When we are being "anti-corporatist," what does it mean? |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. antifascist |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Fascist is defined as anti-capitalist. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. For most people drawing a paycheck, it may mean "biting the hand that feeds you". |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Not true |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. no, it's not. you'll notice private corps continued operations & profit-making under |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Excellent point. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. I agree. Except I believe that the average person does not make that |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. That corps should not have the same rights as natural persons, now, they actually have more |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thank you. These cube rats never consider that. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I have been in private business all my life and have incorporated. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. I, personally, think even the densest Americans know what is meant by corporatists and are not |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. I doubt it. I had never seen the word corporatist thrown around before I started |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. It means thinking that corporations should exist to serve people, not the other way around. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Corporatist in political terms are those that want to substitute |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not all corporations are equal. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. The smallest mom and pop business does not write our laws to benefit themselves at our expense. |
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dfgrbac (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. Anti-multinational corporatist |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Anti-jobs? |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. It means nothing. Just a DU dogwhistle. nt |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. Very Good Question. Benito Mussolini who called his the "Corporate |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. I Think "Anti-Corporatism" (Corporatist) Is a Perfect Name For the Movement |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. It means that 91% of Democrats and Independents agree with 80% of Republicans that big corporations |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. There's nothing wrong w/ the word. "Anti-corporatist" does not = "anti-corporation" |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. +1 nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. Being against the contamination of our government by corporate power and $$$. |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. My brother and I own two corporations... |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:27 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. You've misunderstood the term "anti-coporatist". |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:47 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. most businesses = sole proprietorships. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. Fine, I'll go back to Fascist |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. I agree the term is flawed for the reason you state. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. difference |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Anti-corporate *power*. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. It means consolidating the power of those who control capital with those |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm not anti-corporation, I'm anti corporatism. |
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gopwacker_455 (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. to keep them in check |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. THe petty beourgeoursie is above reproach |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's the rallying cry of bums who don't want to work for a living and want .gov handouts |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
36. "Even the smallest mom and pop business incorporates" - no, they don't. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
39. It is a false distinction |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
40. We're tired of being second class citizens behind the likes of Halliburton, AIG, and Enron. |
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