Corporate Welfare and the EU

[Kerry]

It seems like just last year President Obama, members of Congress, and the media was focused on tax cheats who off-shored their profits to avoid taxes.  Were they just lying to make the public think they cared about the little people?  I think so.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-apple-taxavoidance-irs-idUSKCN1162ZJ

[Adam White]

It is Corporatism run by Globalist.  The sooner everyone realizes this they sooner we can get back on track.

Maybe this will get some people on board - Corporatism was created by the Catholic Church.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/corporatism.htm

SMH.

[Tacachale]

[Kerry]

Hold on a sec, are you suggesting there is no such thing as Globalist or Globalism?

[Kerry]

It is Corporatism run by Globalist.  The sooner everyone realizes this they sooner we can get back on track.

Maybe this will get some people on board - Corporatism was created by the Catholic Church.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/corporatism.htm

SMH.

What are you shaking your head at?  Do you deny Corporatism is a real Political/Economic system?

[Adam White]

It is Corporatism run by Globalist.  The sooner everyone realizes this they sooner we can get back on track.

Maybe this will get some people on board - Corporatism was created by the Catholic Church.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/corporatism.htm

SMH.

What are you shaking your head at?  Do you deny Corporatism is a real Political/Economic system?

I just don't think you've given our reptilian overlords their due.

[Kerry]

It is Corporatism run by Globalist.  The sooner everyone realizes this they sooner we can get back on track.

Maybe this will get some people on board - Corporatism was created by the Catholic Church.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/corporatism.htm

SMH.

What are you shaking your head at?  Do you deny Corporatism is a real Political/Economic system?

I just don't think you've given our reptilian overlords their due.

Is this all you plan to add to the discussion?

[Adam White]

It is Corporatism run by Globalist.  The sooner everyone realizes this they sooner we can get back on track.

Maybe this will get some people on board - Corporatism was created by the Catholic Church.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/corporatism.htm

SMH.

What are you shaking your head at?  Do you deny Corporatism is a real Political/Economic system?

I just don't think you've given our reptilian overlords their due.

Is this all you plan to add to the discussion?

Sure. Like for like.

[Kerry]

So much for trying to have an adult conversation on the internet I guess.

[Tacachale]

Hold on a sec, are you suggesting there is no such thing as Globalist or Globalism?

No, I was making a joke that your comments about the Globalists have gotten a bit conspiratorial, a la Alex Jones. You also seem to be mistaken about the term "corporatism", which doesn't have a lot to do with corporations.

[Kerry]

Okay, I'll bite - what comment of mine about Globalist/Globalism was conspiratorial?

[Adam White]

So much for trying to have an adult conversation on the internet I guess.

When you start posting links to websites that (in addition to looking like something from the 90s) claim "corporatism" is an economic system created by the Catholic church as an alternative to socialism, the opportunity for serious conversation has already passed.

[Tacachale]

Okay, I'll bite - what comment of mine about Globalist/Globalism was conspiratorial?

It is Corporatism run by Globalist.  The sooner everyone realizes this they sooner we can get back on track.

Maybe this will get some people on board - Corporatism was created by the Catholic Church.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/corporatism.htm

[Tacachale]

So much for trying to have an adult conversation on the internet I guess.

When you start posting links to websites that (in addition to looking like something from the 90s) claim "corporatism" is an economic system created by the Catholic church as an alternative to socialism, the opportunity for serious conversation has already passed.

To be fair, the website is by an (apparently elderly) economics professor. It's using "corporatism" in the sense of organizing economies, it isn't saying it has to do with corporations like Apple, or that it was "invented by the Catholic Church".

[Adam White]

So much for trying to have an adult conversation on the internet I guess.

When you start posting links to websites that (in addition to looking like something from the 90s) claim "corporatism" is an economic system created by the Catholic church as an alternative to socialism, the opportunity for serious conversation has already passed.

To be fair, the website is by an (apparently elderly) economics professor. It's using "corporatism" in the sense of organizing economies, it isn't saying it has to do with corporations like Apple, or that it was "invented by the Catholic Church".

I interpreted this as saying it was invented by the Catholic church:

In the last half of the 19th century people of the working class in Europe were beginning to show interest in the ideas of socialism and syndicalism. Some members of the intelligentsia, particularly the Catholic intelligentsia, decided to formulate an alternative to socialism which would emphasize social justice without the radical solution of the abolition of private property.

On reflection, I would agree it implicates the members of the intelligentsia who were Catholics, not the Church per se.

But that lovely page makes a lot of statements, none of which are supported or attributed to sources.

The 'system' we have today is capitalism, in particular the neoliberal version of capitalism.