According to Benito Mussolini (and he ought to know), the term "corporatism" is preferable to "fascism" because in the corporate/fascist state as he envisioned it, the government and the corporations were completely integrated. Hence the symbol of the "fasces" a bundle of sticks, symbolizing the corporations, tied around a battle axe, symbolizing the power of the State.

It is the liberals and progressives who are trying to keep the United States from becoming a fascist state.   It is the corporations that are trying to control the government. The current battle over health care, with the insurance companies trying to dictate the terms, is a good illustration of the struggle.

Ake's grasp of the facts are tenuous at the best.

Don Firth