Topic: Corporate Fascism

The hosts argue that the government uses leaks to leverage Silicon Valley companies. They suggest Microsoft was targeted because it did not donate enough to the Obama campaign. By labeling companies as complicit in surveillance, the government forces them to "play ball" by its rules, using journalists like Greenwald as "hitmen."

Ralph Nader is featured in a clip discussing "corporate welfare" and the collusion between giant corporations and the government. He argues that both parties support subsidies and bailouts that undermine market discipline. The hosts equate this "corporatism" with the classic definition of fascism, where the state and corporate interests become indistinguishable.