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Mega Corporations and Banks ARE the Government

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Thomas Brown
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Is this really capitalism?

 

Today's civilization is a corporatist regime as opposed to a capitalistic, free market   environment. We practice corporatism, not capitalism, not democracy, not socialism and certainly not freedom. There is little real freedom as all our lives are heavily influenced and dominated by if not controlled by corporatism. There is not real justice and without justice there is never freedom. Mega corporations and corporatism is   not business. -- it is   government. Were it not for Orwellian corporatism we could enjoy:

o    Taxes gone

o    Welfare Gone

o    Unemployment compensation gone

o    Unemployment gone

o    State Welfare departments Gone

o    State taxes gone

o    Property takes gone

o    Sales taxes gone

o    Social security gone

o    Medicaid gone

o    IRS gone

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