Most of today’s governments in the developed world are public-private partnerships, to put it politely. To put it bluntly, they’re corporatist, fascist states. From Martin Hanson at off-guardian.org:
By the ‘Mussolini definition’, New Zealand is a fascist state, as are many others. But while in theory, such a country does not necessarily have to be totalitarian, rule by corporate power does not sit well with people’s idea of representative democracy.
To be sustained, corporate power must therefore be concealed, courtesy of compliant media.
This works well with people who can’t fundamentally re-structure their worldview, but for independent minded ‘conspiracy theorists’, not so well.
So how does the state deal with such people when they publicly question the official narrative? The usual thought-stopping ‘conspiracy theorist’ put-down isn’t enough. They have to be intimidated into silence using a corrupt judiciary and compliant police.
And there’s plenty of evidence of this. The pursuit of the campaigning independent journalist Liz Gunn and whistle blower Barry Young are ominous harbingers. Gunn was convicted of ‘assault’ after lightly touching the arm of an official at Auckland Airport.
