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'Corporate State'

Mr. Germino stressed Mr. Reich's imperative
that we "look at where we are now and where
we are heading." He said we must ask ourselves
if the current social order provides us with "a
human place" which is "worthy of the spirit of
man to inhabit." The developments of the past
decades, although bringing advances in
technology, have emerged a large and powerful
"Corporate State" comprised of businesses and
industries that are effectually their own
governments, gaining more and more control
over the individual's freedoms and life,
according to Mr. Reich and Mr. Germino.

Mr. Harbaugh agreed with critics of
"Greening" that the book is "irrational" or
filled with "logical inconsistencies" which
"keep it from being a respectable piece of social
criticism."

Mr. Harbaugh gave as an example of a
"logical inconsistency" Mr. Reich's criticism of
the government for allowing the cigarette
industry to continue advertisement and
promotion of its cancer-producing drug while
Mr. Reich at the same time supported and
"even recommended" the smoking of a similar
drug, marijuana.