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PaulusP on October 5, 2007 - 10:17am

"The oil industry; the chemical industry; the food industry; the car industry; the airline industry; these are very powerful. Who rules Britain? Not parliament!

I’ll tell you who rules Britain. It is the Prime Minister with a small cabal around him of unelected advisors, not including members of the cabinet, meeting regularly with leaders of business, leaders of finance and I have to say with Mr Murdoch and leaders of the media, and taking the decisions over our heads which are then imposed upon us."

Wasn't it Mousselini that said "Fascism is better called corporatism as it is the merger of state and corporations"?

And to answer your last question, Euan, a plain "no" suffices.

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paal myrtvedt on October 5, 2007 - 10:53am

Fascism is better called corporatism as it is the merger of state and corporations

yes it was , and I may add labour unions were part of the ruling triangle.(at least as a principle)

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team10tim on October 5, 2007 - 3:31pm

Well..

Fascism is better called corporatism as it is the merger of state and corporations - Mussolini

..In point of fact not quite.

This quote is frequently attributed to Mussolini and it is very much in line with fascist thought but he it is unlikely that he actually said it. See an explanation here

Tim

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