Policy

Whole Foods CEO Calls ObamaCare Fascism, Not Socialism

Controlling business behavior vs. owning means of production

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Via Sy Mukherjee, Whole Foods CEO drops a political theory bomb on the NPR audience, debunking the myth that the Affordable Care Act is a form of socialism and instead noting that it's fascism:

Technically speaking, it's more like fascism. Socialism is where the government owns the means of production. In fascism, the government doesn't own the means of production, but they do control it, and that's what's happening with our healthcare programs and these reforms.