[vixen99]

"resemble fascism closer than most fascist governments".

Except of course that (1) the corporation only survives ultimately by selling a product or service that someone of their own free will, wishes to purchase; i.e., it is of more value to them than their cash. (2) local conditions excepted (no other job available), people are not forced to work in these organizations.

Making products is all very well but if your potential customer doesn't know about it and/or its production is not financed properly, the activity is a waste of time.

[hyperdunc]

"own free will"

Well that's had highly debatable. Consider the amount of resources corporations spend trying to convince people what their will should be.

[dredmorbius]

Standard Oil. Southern Improvement Corporation. British East India Company. Opium Wars. American Telephone and Telegraph. International Business Machines, German operations, 1930s & 1940s. Monsanto. Coca Cola. Tobacco. Detroit, the Big Three, and the safety and efficiency wars. Microsoft and the DoJ. Microsoft vs. DR DOS. Microsoft vs. Novell. Microsoft vs. Lotus. Microsoft vs. Netscape. Microsoft vs. Linux. Apple, Intel, Google, Cisco, and the anti-poaching cabal.

Edward Bernays. Dole Fruit Company. The Pinkertons. United Steel strikebusting. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

I'd strongly recommend boning up on your history.