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What is it called when government and corporations combine? FASCISM. as well as.. NATIONAL SOCIALISM
originally posted by: underwerks
a reply to: EternalShadow
What is it called when government and corporations combine? FASCISM. as well as.. NATIONAL SOCIALISM
That’s not socialism. Socialism would be when the means of production is owned and controlled by the people.
The government has completely skipped socialism and went straight to communism.
I have to admit, I didn’t see the Republicans doing that.
President Roosevelt established the War Production Board on January 16, 1942. It superseded the Office of Production Management. The WPB regulated the industrial production and allocation of war materiel and fuel. That included coordinating heavy manufacturing, and the rationing of vital materials, such as metals, rubber, and oil. It also established wage and price controls.
All manufacturers ended their production of automobiles on February 22, 1942. The January 1942 production quota had been a little over 100,000 automobiles and light trucks. The units manufactured at the beginning of February would bring up the total number of vehicles in a newly established car stockpile to 520,000. These would be available during the duration of the war for rationed sales by auto dealers to purchasers deemed “essential drivers.”
Representatives from the auto industry formed the Automotive Council for War Production in April 1942, to facilitate the sharing of resources, expertise, and manpower in defense production contracting.
The auto industry retooled to manufacture tanks, trucks, jeeps, airplanes, bombs, torpedoes, steel helmets, and ammunition under massive contracts issued by the government. Beginning immediately after the production of automobiles ceased, entire factories were upended almost overnight. Huge manufacturing machines were jack hammered out of their foundations and new ones brought in to replace them. Conveyors were stripped away and rebuilt, electrical wires were bundled together and stored in the vast factory ceilings, half-finished parts were sent to steel mills to be re-melted, and even many of the dies that had been used in the fabrication of auto parts were sent to salvage.
originally posted by: msfitte
a reply to: EternalShadow
While I could be wrong I doubt this is as bad as you think. This type of thing was done in WW II to manufacture needed products.
teachinghistory.org...
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President Roosevelt established the War Production Board on January 16, 1942. It superseded the Office of Production Management. The WPB regulated the industrial production and allocation of war materiel and fuel. That included coordinating heavy manufacturing, and the rationing of vital materials, such as metals, rubber, and oil. It also established wage and price controls.
All manufacturers ended their production of automobiles on February 22, 1942. The January 1942 production quota had been a little over 100,000 automobiles and light trucks. The units manufactured at the beginning of February would bring up the total number of vehicles in a newly established car stockpile to 520,000. These would be available during the duration of the war for rationed sales by auto dealers to purchasers deemed “essential drivers.”
Representatives from the auto industry formed the Automotive Council for War Production in April 1942, to facilitate the sharing of resources, expertise, and manpower in defense production contracting.
The auto industry retooled to manufacture tanks, trucks, jeeps, airplanes, bombs, torpedoes, steel helmets, and ammunition under massive contracts issued by the government. Beginning immediately after the production of automobiles ceased, entire factories were upended almost overnight. Huge manufacturing machines were jack hammered out of their foundations and new ones brought in to replace them. Conveyors were stripped away and rebuilt, electrical wires were bundled together and stored in the vast factory ceilings, half-finished parts were sent to steel mills to be re-melted, and even many of the dies that had been used in the fabrication of auto parts were sent to salvage.
The government has completely skipped socialism and went straight to communism.
I have to admit, I didn’t see the Republicans doing that.
That’s what it is. Like a drug dealer, get them hooked then make them pay forever. Nationalized businesses, permanent travel restrictions, god knows what else. All because 100 people have died in the country.
originally posted by: Oppositeoftruth
a reply to: Quantumgamer1776
Yeah a lot of people are super pumped about getting time off and a government check. I'm not. I don't want that money, because myself, my daughter, and all of us are going to have to pay for that one way or another. Republicans are normally the ones say, rightfully so, that nothing is free. Now they want to hand out cash like Molly at a bad rave. Actually, thus feels like a bad roll.