Replying to a message of Roy J. Tellason to Wayne Chirnside:

 WC>> Yeah, anyway isn't government subsidizing industry COMMUNISM rather
 WC>> than capitalism? 

 RJT> My understanding of that stuff is that if the state owns all of the
 RJT> means of production,  then it's communism.  If the state works with
 RJT> large corporate and business entities to further each other's mutual
 RJT> interests,  then it's fascism.

Mussolini's definition of fascism is that the means of production are
privately owned, but controlled by the government.  (Can you say federal
regulatory agency?)

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