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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:46 PM Original message |
Can someone please tell me what the difference is between a corporatist and a capitalist. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Self-delusion? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Good question! nt |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. From what I understand, corporatists want a coporate welfare state, |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Perfect description of Republiconism |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Incisive. Thank you! nt |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Excellent! The "corporate welfare state." Beautiful. nt |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Quite a lot, if you really want to know |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. That's interesting: That corporatism isn't limited to capitalism. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Corporatist is just another term for Mussolini style Fascism |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. True. But some DUers echo Nader, who uses the term very loosely. n/t |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Good point |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Who uses WHICH term loosely, pnwmom? Corporatism or capitalism? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Capitalism is based on a free open market to determine prices and |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. That makes sense when I assess what my pub friend talks about. Thanks. nt |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. The girl on the corner selling lemonade, or the mom and pop hardware store, is capitalist. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. perfect! It distills capitalists and corporatists perfectly! nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's just a vague, essentially meaningless slur. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's a matter of competition vs guaranteed outcome |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Thank you for your very informed answer. I admit to needing an education here. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. A corporatist is a successful capitalist who accumulates too much power |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Interesting ...and I think very true. As it has come to pass here in the US. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Capital. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. So the corporatist has basically "deformed" capitalism to a kind of favoritism insured by |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. For one thing, lacking sufficient capital, they opt to use law, legal structures and |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. "Corporatist" has a certain spluttering quality |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. i'm a capitalist |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Does your being a capitalist help you? Does it help you? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. how do you know what club |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Believe me, if they went to an Ivy League school they would never let you forget it! |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. i'm not going to say |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Having grown up in New Canaan, I think I can say I'm familiar with the area and |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Paulsby, I respect your choice to be a capitalist, but I think there are better choices. |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Don't forget Walmart... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. Corporatists are for the status quo "free market" fanatics |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. Corporatism is Fascism. And it is not the same as capitalism. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
33. A capitalist is someone who wants your money voluntarily given in exchange |
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pws (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. excellent summary |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Welcome to DU! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. A corporatist is the one who actually profits, a capitalist is the chump/ "true believer" in ... |
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