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What are "corporate states" ?
Posted July 4th, 2009 by Rainer Weber
In Reference to:
An All-Inclusive Framework for the 21st CenturyOn page 8 "Figure 5. Some levels in the four quadrants" at position 5 LR I find he term "corporate states". What exactly does this term stand for ? Does it stand for multinational corporations that function like states or for modern nation states that function in a corporate way or does that term mean something completely different ? Could someone please enlighten me. I emailed Sean Esbjörn-Hargens but no reply.
Thanks for an answer or telling me where ich could get an answer.
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Maybe
Posted July 4th, 2009 by Ambo SunoHi, Rainer. I haven't listened to this nor do I know the reference, but at a quick glance could he be referring to a state of mind as distinct from a sociopolitical state?
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Corporate States
Posted July 4th, 2009 by Linda HollierHi Rainer
In this link, you will see the term “corporate states” used by Ken Wilbert in point 5 under “Waves of existence”.
I understand it to mean that the ruling party institutionally incorporates the interests not only of the state but also of business.
Some writers refer to it as “a country where corporate and state interests are joined at the hip”.
See this link for further explanation.
Hopefully this was of some help.
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Linda
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Corporatism
Posted July 4th, 2009 by Brendan LaChanceHere is a link to information about corporatism from Wikipedia which is related. Their description seems at a glance to match other decriptions on the web. It also describes many types of Corporate States that have existed historically.
Critique of corporatism by Roosevelt (from Wikipedia):
"Franklin D. Roosevelt in an April 29, 1938 message to Congress warned that the growth of private power could lead to fascism:
The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism—ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
These discussions between James Turner and Wilber relate to corporate power in the United States, particularly the one about Jefferson and Hamilton if I remember correctly.
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