people forget, or very often do not realize, every corporation is a department of government. the essence of the corporation rests in a charter granted by the state, so the essence of the corporation is the state. there is no real distinction between "private company" and "government", any more than there is between franchises of mcdonald's and mcdonald's itself. i think that's the best way to summarize it. corporations are franchises of the state, leasing out portions of state authority (rights) in return for taxes, obedience, submission, and loyalty. this was much clearer in the middle ages, when all corporations were granted royal patents, and the most prominent form of commercial corporation was a monopoly granted by the state.  so, the conflict between the "private sector" and the "public sector" is itself a delusion as much of a "conflict" as the "conflict" between middle management and upper management. also, the idea that the "private sector" stands for "liberty" or "choice" or "freedom" is delusional, because it is merely a department of state, and incapable of resisting or challenging state authority, as it is entirely dependent upon the state for the enforcement of its particular monopolies, and will tend towards that which is most profitable, that which gives profit without production: receiving taxes, grants, patronage, and greater monopolistic privileges through legislation and legislative lobbying. a mass of corporations will inevitably destroy an oligarchic ("democratic-republican") state through bribery and manipulation in an attempt to expand their own demesne at the expense of free markets and democratic dialogue. they take the place of feudal lords in the western system. who is immune to this chicanery? the autocrat, who is himself so wealthy that he cannot be corrupted, and himself so powerful that he has no reason to fear them. in this case, the corps. give to the state and do not take, strengthen the nation and do not weaken it.
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