Corpocracy - Revision history

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	'Corpocracy' ~~literally means 'Body's Government'; but refers in particular to~~ a system of rule by which ~~discrete~~ sub-societies, called corporations, govern the larger society. In the Course Books, the [[Gudersnipe Foundation]] might be thought a corpocracy; but its principal use identifies the government of planet [[Altronis]] in the late [[Ages#The Fourth Age\|Fourth Age]].		'Corpocracy' is a system of rule by which commercial sub-societies, called corporations, govern the larger society. In the Course Books, the [[Gudersnipe Foundation]] might be thought a corpocracy; but its principal use identifies [[The Corporate Era]], and the government of planet [[Altronis]] in the late [[Ages#The Fourth Age\|Fourth Age]].

	==Structure==		==Structure==
	A 'corporation' was an organization of businesses-people, ~~originally~~ to take control of all wealth and all resources (human and otherwise) within a particular trade, but later expanded to control the whole economy, and thence the whole society. Where multiple corporations existed, they assumed a fiction of competing amongst themselves, but co-operated secretly. Though they professed to 'generate wealth' and 'protect individual rights', their practices left more people out of work than in, and the 'rights' they professed were not named;–– or where named, not protected.		A 'corporation' was an organization of businesses-people, organized to take control of all wealth and all resources (human and otherwise) within a particular trade, but later expanded to control the whole economy, and thence the whole society. Where multiple corporations existed, they assumed a fiction of competing amongst themselves, but co-operated secretly. Though they professed to 'generate wealth' and 'protect individual rights', their practices left more people out of work than in, and the 'rights' they professed were not named;–– or where named, not protected.

	==Features==		==Features==
	~~The Altronis Corpocracy~~ had most or all the features listed here ~~(some apparently of [[Marcon Alliance\|Marcon]] origin)~~:		Almost any corpocracy had most or all the features listed here:

	-- Industrialism (by which various corporations attempted control of all natural resources, and of all means of using the same);		-- Industrialism (by which various corporations attempted control of all natural resources, and of all means of using the same);
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	-- Incompetence (by which every secretary, receptionist, supernumerary, manager, police-officer, etc. was trained to be stupid on the job; to deny all help to clients, in a tone of false politeness; and to treat every sign of agitation, on the part of their clients, as a sign of insanity);		-- Incompetence (by which every secretary, receptionist, supernumerary, manager, police-officer, etc. was trained to be stupid on the job; to deny all help to clients, in a tone of false politeness; and to treat every sign of agitation, on the part of their clients, as a sign of insanity);

	-- Privacy (invoked by the ~~corpocrats themselves during the 'cracy's emergence~~, to prevent their obedience to any law);		-- Privacy (invoked by the owners of each corporation, to prevent their obedience to any law);

	-- Anti-Intellectualism (very useful where analytical thought would ~~probably~~ prostrate the corpocracy, and where enforcement of real needs would keep money from its control); and		-- Anti-Intellectualism (very useful where analytical thought would prostrate the corpocracy, and where enforcement of real needs would keep money from its control); and

	-- Ambiguity (by which 'rights' and 'traditional values' were invoked as excuses of their behavior, but never identified).		-- Ambiguity (by which 'rights' and 'traditional values' were invoked as excuses of their behavior, but never identified).
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	Corporations gradually replaced the standing government's functions (safety; medical care; response to disaster; publication of books; etc.) with departments of their own, and ultimately became synonymous with the government. Once there, they could be removed only by force. Any law diminishing the corporations' acquisition of wealth, even in the least degree, was accused of 'retarding economic growth' and abolished wherever falsely proven so.		Corporations gradually replaced the standing government's functions (safety; medical care; response to disaster; publication of books; etc.) with departments of their own, and ultimately became synonymous with the government. Once there, they could be removed only by force. Any law diminishing the corporations' acquisition of wealth, even in the least degree, was accused of 'retarding economic growth' and abolished wherever falsely proven so.

	==~~Destruction==~~		==[[The Corporate Era]]==
	~~At present, the Course Books know only of~~ [[~~Gudersnipe Foundation~~]] and the ~~Corpocracy~~ of ~~[[Altronis]]; and destruction is recorded only of the latter, by [[Ransom's Crew]]~~. See related ~~articles~~.		A time and region in which the majority of inhabited planets belonged to corpocratic governments. See related article.

	~~===Replacement===~~
	~~Among the various changes implemented on Altronis after the corpocracy fell, were~~

	~~–Rotating Employment, in which the citizen changed its occupation periodically, or according to its preferences;~~

	~~–Trial Internships, wherein the citizen took part in any given job, to verify how well it performed;~~

	~~–Co-operatives, wherein the employees owned the stock, and had neither executives nor supernumeraries;~~

	~~–Etc.~~

	[[Category:Course Books]]		[[Category:Course Books]]

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	–Etc.		–Etc.

			[[Category:Course Books]]

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	-- Deception (of the public, to keep its attention on fictitious 'threats' to its least-important freedoms while the more important were graduated out of practice, and to have them believe it within their power to become corporate officials, even when they could not);		-- Deception (of the public, to keep its attention on fictitious 'threats' to its least-important freedoms while the more important were graduated out of practice, and to have them believe it within their power to become corporate officials, even when they could not);

			-- Incompetence (by which every secretary, receptionist, supernumerary, manager, police-officer, etc. was trained to be stupid on the job; to deny all help to clients, in a tone of false politeness; and to treat every sign of agitation, on the part of their clients, as a sign of insanity);

	-- Privacy (invoked by the corpocrats themselves during the 'cracy's emergence, to prevent their obedience to any law);		-- Privacy (invoked by the corpocrats themselves during the 'cracy's emergence, to prevent their obedience to any law);

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	==Destruction==		==Destruction==
	At present, the Course Books know only of [[Gudersnipe Foundation]] and the Corpocracy of [[Altronis]]; and destruction is recorded only of the latter, by [[Ransom's Crew]]. See related articles.		At present, the Course Books know only of [[Gudersnipe Foundation]] and the Corpocracy of [[Altronis]]; and destruction is recorded only of the latter, by [[Ransom's Crew]]. See related articles.

			===Replacement===
			Among the various changes implemented on Altronis after the corpocracy fell, were

			–Rotating Employment, in which the citizen changed its occupation periodically, or according to its preferences;

			–Trial Internships, wherein the citizen took part in any given job, to verify how well it performed;

			–Co-operatives, wherein the employees owned the stock, and had neither executives nor supernumeraries;

			–Etc.

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	-- Division (of ethnic groups, for reasons supposed antique but invented for this purpose);		-- Division (of ethnic groups, for reasons supposed antique but invented for this purpose);

	-- Individualism (by which the majority of people were misinformed that ~~individual rights~~ took precedence over improvement of social/environmental/psychic conditions, and all correction was portrayed as a 'slippery slope' toward mass enslavement of the population);		-- Individualism (by which the majority of people were misinformed that the right to choose one's occupation, spouse, or hobbies took precedence over improvement of social/environmental/psychic conditions, and all correction was portrayed as a 'slippery slope' toward mass enslavement of the population);

	-- Profit Motive (by which all worth was defined by wealth; all wealth by status within corporations; all status by the amount of money retained; money's worth by use in the most-powerful corporations; power by the extent of resource-control; etc.);		-- Profit Motive (by which all worth was defined by wealth; all wealth by status within corporations; all status by the amount of money retained; money's worth by use in the most-powerful corporations; power by the extent of resource-control; etc.);

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	==Structure==		==Structure==
	A 'corporation' was an organization of businesses-people, originally to take control of all wealth and all resources (human and otherwise) within a particular trade, but later expanded to control the whole economy, and thence the whole society. Where multiple corporations existed, they assumed a fiction of competing amongst themselves, but co-operated secretly. Though they professed to 'generate wealth' and 'protect individual rights', their practices left more people out of work than in, and the 'rights' they professed were not named;–– or where named, not protected~~. Gudersnipe Foundation circumvented this problem by creating the [[Labor Mill]]s~~.		A 'corporation' was an organization of businesses-people, originally to take control of all wealth and all resources (human and otherwise) within a particular trade, but later expanded to control the whole economy, and thence the whole society. Where multiple corporations existed, they assumed a fiction of competing amongst themselves, but co-operated secretly. Though they professed to 'generate wealth' and 'protect individual rights', their practices left more people out of work than in, and the 'rights' they professed were not named;–– or where named, not protected.

	==Features==		==Features==

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	==Structure==		==Structure==
	A 'corporation' was an organization of businesses-people, originally to take control of all wealth and all resources (human and otherwise) within a particular trade, but later expanded to control the whole economy, and thence the whole society. Where multiple corporations existed, they assumed a fiction of competing amongst themselves, but co-operated secretly. Though they professed to 'generate wealth' and 'protect individual rights', their practices left more people out of work than in, and the 'rights' they professed were not named;–– or where named, not protected.		A 'corporation' was an organization of businesses-people, originally to take control of all wealth and all resources (human and otherwise) within a particular trade, but later expanded to control the whole economy, and thence the whole society. Where multiple corporations existed, they assumed a fiction of competing amongst themselves, but co-operated secretly. Though they professed to 'generate wealth' and 'protect individual rights', their practices left more people out of work than in, and the 'rights' they professed were not named;–– or where named, not protected. Gudersnipe Foundation circumvented this problem by creating the [[Labor Mill]]s.

	==Features==		==Features==

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	==Structure==		==Structure==
	A 'corporation' was an organization of businesses-people, originally to take control of all wealth and all resources (human and otherwise) within a particular trade, but later expanded to control the whole economy, and thence the whole society. Where multiple corporations existed, they assumed a fiction of competing amongst themselves, but co-operated secretly. Though they professed to 'generate wealth' and 'protect individual rights', their practices left more people out of work than ~~they put~~ in, and the 'rights' they professed were not named;–– or where named, not protected.		A 'corporation' was an organization of businesses-people, originally to take control of all wealth and all resources (human and otherwise) within a particular trade, but later expanded to control the whole economy, and thence the whole society. Where multiple corporations existed, they assumed a fiction of competing amongst themselves, but co-operated secretly. Though they professed to 'generate wealth' and 'protect individual rights', their practices left more people out of work than in, and the 'rights' they professed were not named;–– or where named, not protected.

	==Features==		==Features==

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	==Structure==		==Structure==
	A 'corporation' was an organization of businesses-people, originally to take control of all wealth and all resources (human and otherwise) within a particular trade, but later expanded to control the whole economy, and thence the whole society. Where multiple corporations existed, they assumed a fiction of competing amongst themselves, but co-operated secretly. Though they professed to 'generate wealth' and 'protect individual rights', their practices left more people out of work than they put in, and the 'rights' they professed were not named.		A 'corporation' was an organization of businesses-people, originally to take control of all wealth and all resources (human and otherwise) within a particular trade, but later expanded to control the whole economy, and thence the whole society. Where multiple corporations existed, they assumed a fiction of competing amongst themselves, but co-operated secretly. Though they professed to 'generate wealth' and 'protect individual rights', their practices left more people out of work than they put in, and the 'rights' they professed were not named;–– or where named, not protected.

	==Features==		==Features==

Siddharth1 at 01:57, 8 January 2014

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	'Corpocracy' literally means 'Body's Government'; but refers in particular to a system of rule by which discrete sub-societies, called corporations, govern the larger society. In the Course Books, the [[Gudersnipe Foundation]] might be thought a corpocracy; but its principal use identifies the government of planet [[Altronis]] in the late Fourth Age.		'Corpocracy' literally means 'Body's Government'; but refers in particular to a system of rule by which discrete sub-societies, called corporations, govern the larger society. In the Course Books, the [[Gudersnipe Foundation]] might be thought a corpocracy; but its principal use identifies the government of planet [[Altronis]] in the late [[Ages#The Fourth Age\|Fourth Age]].

	==Structure==		==Structure==