The difference between "leftist" and "rightist" tyranny is that the tyrants on the "right" have enough sense not to kill the goose that lays the golden egg. They understand that pure socialism does not work; and so they erect a corporatist-aligned government, where private industry is encouraged to become an arm of government policy, while being allowed to keep some of the profits. The term "corporatism" is proper. It was used by Mussolini and Franco, who both produced reasonably stable fascist states. This is what we are facing on the horizon. To the untutored, the term "fascism" conjures up Hitler, whose Nazi Germany is held up as the prime example of fascism: Der ÜberStaat. In reality, Hitler's Germany was a thuggish state, based on neo-pagan mythologies and pseudo-scientific mystic racism with rather bizarre economic strategies. It was not a good example of fascism. It was Mussolini who perfected the model, which...(Read Full Article)