Re: some thoughts on globalism/imperialism & class

Nice, Sabri. Also, nice try.

Define fascist. Oh. Research it, right? Let me offer a proposition: "A
fascist organization always has a single authoritarian leader." If you
accept this, then all corporations are NOT fascist.

However, all corporations have Boards of Directors, usually representing
major investors, and Executive Staffs, made up of the key corporate
decision makers. The policies and procedure of corporations function in
the same way as "feudal" policies and procedures, with the one major
exception that, in the Middle Ages, the local Duke was Duke for life and
his title usually inherited, which is not always the case for
corporations, hence my introduction of concept of "Corporate
Feudalism," which is different from Medieval Feudalism.

Anything else?

//CJR

On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 SOncu@aol.com wrote:

> Charles J. Reid wrote:
> 
> >>>CR: "Study how corporations work, and see how essentially feudal they
> >>> are. But if you insist on using 'imperialism' today, please define it."
> >>> 
> >> AA: Define "feudalism." How are corporations "essentially feudal"?
> > 
> >CR-- No time for a long disquisition. Research it.
> 
> Charles,
> 
> I spent about five years in several corporations, including a few large 
> institutional money managers in the US. I presume, this would count as 
> studying them. 
> 
> Here is my hypothesis:
> 
> Corporations are not feudal. There are fascist.
> 
> Of course, I have no time for a long disquisition either, so I don't prove my 
> hypothesis. If you want a proof, just research it.
> 
> Sabri Oncu
>