Fascism : The Merging of State and Corporate Interests

I do not blame corporations for their crappy products. While at first glance it is obvious the corporate structure is incredibly inefficient compared to small business, the authoritarian command and control structure of a corporation is necessary in our current world. It is the only structure Reptillian and Machivelian enough to survive the economic conditions our government imposes, arbitrarily.

In a corporation, the word comes down from the head honcho, Mr. CEO and is echoed by his subordinates. At each step it bifurcates, echoing louder and louder. In this manner arbitrary conditions at the very bottom of the structure and be complexly controlled by a single man or a single board of directors. There is nothing wrong in and of itself in this structure so long as it is voluntary at every step of the way; which indeed it is. It is wrong for us to say to others what voluntary association they choose to partake in.

But I think a rational observer can see this is not going to result in the best product. When you have millions upon millions spent on advertising, well that is waste. These people create no product but they do consume the resources of the beast; ultimately this must be paid from someone. When you have CEO's getting paid 50 million dollars, I do not say this is wrong, but I do wonder who pays for it.

Often, the barriers to trade that government put for whatever idiotic reasons can only be overcome by the large corporations that exist, in large part because of that. Do people really want to pay $4 for Starbucks coffee? Or is it just too hard for the mom and pop to navigate license fees, ridiculous applications and regulations, and to pay the thousands in dollars each month the government demands each month (property tax).

In this way, governments and corporations feed off each other. Corporations are oh so willing to obey the laws and regulations of the government, the government gets the feeling that these regulations don't hurt anyone. Corporations always provide a steady source of income for the government because everything follows the law rigorously; indeed it is in the state's interest to encourage only corporations. Like war, McDonalds is the health of the state.

The solution is simple. Get rid of the government regulations and taxes that target business and watch the corporations crumble. The reason people eat at McDonalds is because the government puts all the best alternatives to it out of business.