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Marakesh π“…¦
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Christ Follower β€’ Truth Seeker β€’ Freedom Lover The US #GovtIsTheProblem

For a little balance, for the unbeliever, I would add:

"The Lord ...is patient with you, not wanting anyο»Ώ to perishο»Ώ but all to come to repentance." – 2 Peter 3:9

And

"Tell them, β€˜As I liveβ€”this is the declaration of the Lord Godβ€”I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live. Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die...?" – Ezekiel 33:1

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Good ol' nostr:npub1q904zjuc44pg59u5836zvde3ehqcj5z3ez25gthee4t9glc2p82sczquha πŸ˜„

I haven't heard from you in a while. I thought I was following you, but I am now.

β€œThis is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.””

#JesusSpeaks

https://ref.ly/Jn10.17-18 via the Logos Bible Android app.

Wait, there are Classifieds in Amethyst? I must have missed that. πŸ‘€

I'm in this edition, too, indirectly, if you look hard enough πŸ˜„

Yes, but the corporation there is trade unions, guilds, etc not particularly business. Moreover the "merger" is not some mere overlap but complete union.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_(feudal_Europe)

I think it's somewhat defensible to label "fascist" cases in which business corporations in particular have outsized influence on the State, but that's not what Mussolini was describing.

His notion of the corporate state is corporative - an embodiment. The State itself is made up of the bodies or organs of society. It ceases to be a truly separate institution. As Mussolini famously said: "All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."

It is not that institution A (say, Boeing Aerospace) has a lot of influence on institution B (US Federal Government). They are to be really merged, to be indistinguishable in some real sense.

I think total merger is the goal of the Communists, I mean fascists, I mean Progressives.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/14/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-wants-open-city-owned-grocery-stores/

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Is this why we look around and wonder why no one takes action against the tyranny we endure and witness around us?

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This is what we see in America today. Look at the revolving doors between government and industry, and the "public-private partnerships."