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Whole Foods CEO John Mackey Takes Back That Whole ‘Fascism’ Thing

This man sure knows his world history.
This man sure knows his world history. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Getty Images

Oops! Turns out that while Whole Foods co-CEO John Mackey stands by his political beliefs, he says he probably shouldn’t have called the Affordable Care Act a form of “fascism,” NPR reports. “Well, I think that was a bad choice of words,” he says. And now he’s working the apology circuit, also appearing on the “Brian Lehrer Show” in full-on retraction mode. “I realized that word has so much baggage associated with it, from World War II, with Germany and Italy and Spain,” he explains. “That’s just a very provocative word, so I regret using it.” [NPR, Earlier]

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey Takes Back That Whole ‘Fascism’ Thing