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Now Listen To The First Three Aims Of The Corporatist Movement In Germany, Italy And France During The 1920s. These Were Developed By The People Who Went On To Become Part Of The Fascist Experience: (1) Shift Power Directly To Economic And Social Interest Groups; (2) Push Entrepreneurial Initiative In Areas Normally Reserved For Public Bodies; (3) Obliterate The Boundaries Between Public And Private Interest -- That Is, Challenge The Idea Of The Public Interest. This Sounds Like The Official Program Of Most Contemporary Western Governments.

In General, Democracy And Individualism Have Advanced In Spite Of And Often Against Specific Economic Interest. Both Democracy And Individualism Have Been Based Upon Financial Sacrifice, Not Gain. Even In Athens, A Large Part Of The 7,000 Citizens Who Participated Regularly In Assemblies Were Farmers Who Had To Give Up Several Days' Work To Go Into Town To Talk And Listen.

Capitalism Was Reasonably Content Under Hitler, Happy Under Mussolini, Very Happy Under Franco And Delirious Under General Pinochet.

Only When God Was Said To Have Died Did Various Leaders, Professions And Sectors Risk Pushing Themselves Forward As Successors.

A Commercial Civilization Is Money-oriented, Profit-oriented. Commercial Values Always Tend To Wrench A Society Free Of Tradition.economics From Education To Public Service Is Being Reorganized On The Self-destructive Basis Of Self-interest.