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    [–]AcceleratedWallops 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

    Liberalism (aka rule by the financial elites).

    Nope.

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Liberalism was always designed to serve business interests from the very beginning. It is the "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie," which both Communism and Fascism arose to combat.

    [–]AcceleratedWallops 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Where did you find this definition of liberalism?

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I'm paraphrasing Lenin here.

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      [–]AcceleratedWallops 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

      Oligarchy.

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        [–]AcceleratedWallops 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

        Thought exercise: how much power could a company owned by a single individual, or a partnership, realistically acquire? Is oligarchy fostered by private ownership, or by the construct known as the corporation?

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          [–]AcceleratedWallops 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

          My point is, are your problems with liberalism or actually with corporatism?