Capitalism Was Reasonably Content Under Hitler, Happy

Now Listen To The First Three Aims Of The Corporatist Movement In Germany, Italy And France During The 1920s. These Were Developed By The People Who Went On To Become Part Of The Fascist Experience: (1) Shift Power Directly To Economic And Social Interest Groups; (2) Push Entrepreneurial Initiative In Areas Normally Reserved For Public Bodies; (3) Obliterate The Boundaries Between Public And Private Interest -- That Is, Challenge The Idea Of The Public Interest. This Sounds Like The Official Program Of Most Contemporary Western Governments.

In A Society Of Ideological Believers, Nothing Is More Ridiculous Than The Individual Who Doubts And Does Not Conform.

Of Course, Corporations And Governments Have A Right To Something For Their Money. They Pay The Wages. But They Don't Have The Ethical Right To Literally Purchase The Copyright Of A Citizen's Potential Contribution To Society. In A Democracy They Should Not Have The Legal Right To Silence The Quasi-totality Of The Functioning élite In Order To Satisfy A Managerial Taste For Control And Secrecy.

The Void In Our Society Has Been Produced By The Absence Of Values... We Have No Widespread Belief In The Value Of Participation. The Rational System Has Made Us Fear Standing Out In Any Serious Way.

Freud, Sigmund: A Man So Dissatisfied With His Own Mother And Father That He Devoted His Life To Convincing Everyone Who Would Listen — Or Better Still, Talk — That Their Parents Were Just As Bad.