Corporate police state
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A Corporate police state is a pejorative term for the kind of transnational system of government that transcends geographic boundaries to regulate the conduct of employees, outsource contractors and markets, via a form of business practices known as vertical integration. Corporate police states combine an economy based on private enterprise, especially large business corporations, with a repressive and authoritarian government. It is envisioned that a corporate police state could manifest itself in a kind of modern feudalism, or, in combination with sufficient nationalism and strong state power, could turn into a variant of fascism. For example in fascist Italy from 1923 to 1944, they even had their own militia called the MVSN.
This form of government would use that power to enact laws which maximize corporate profits without regard for personal liberty.
Corporate police states are commonly depicted in dystopian popular literature, particularly the cyberpunk genre of science fiction, and in some web sites like Infowars (http://www.infowars.com).
Literature
- He, She and It
- Neuromancer by William Gibson (see zaibatsu)
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- Chronicles of Doodah by George Lee Walker