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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 11:12 AM
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Poll question: Banana Republic
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 11:18 AM
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1. United Fruit Company had something to do with the term I think
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Mist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 11:52 AM
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2. I don't know how clever this response is, but I can only point to Mussolini's definition
of fascism: "Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”. I think it is inarguable that corporations and financial institutions run the country, with the gov't serving only those corporate needs.
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