What has talking about abstract Metabusiness instead of real businesses done for America's non-politicians?

Well, it has certainly gotten us enthusiastic about an agenda of replacing what we perceive as bloat-ridden, inept government with a purported paragon of efficiency under private ownership.  But before we become over-sold on this prospect, we would do well to step back and ask ourselves a question or two:

Is a vast corporate bureaucracy that much better than a vast government bureaucracy?

Is it really that government power has grown to such unbearable proportions in the past few years?  Or is it more a matter of expanding corporate power sensing opportunities to get government out of its hair?

Is today's more dominant social power actually governmental, or corporate?  And as corporations become increasingly global in scope, will traditional national governments' ability to countervail against their power tend to increase or decrease?