What if "we the people" determined that our government was in fact a corporation? Would it then be authorized to buy up all its rivals, strip them of their wealth, and saddle them with debt? That would turn the tables.
What will be next? Will we be allowed to watch the obscenely rich buy and eat delicacies which none of us will be able to afford? The rich will enjoy our hunger, won't they?
There is almost too much trauma here to read the whole article. The plantation and slavery mentality of greed and power and oppression has grooved so deeply into this country's psyche as to be a genetic abnormality - and again and again, over and over - has been voted for by Them the People to such an in-depth degree that any objections can be declared traitorous and onerous and punishable by cruel and unusual means. We the People have allowed this to happen by casual inattention and (at times) deliberate collusion in pursuit of the Almighty $ in the Land of Opportunity.
Thank you for mentioning cigarette science and how the pesticide lobby keeps toxicology researchers busy. On a happier note there was an album called Crime Pays with some classic salsa songs. Unfortunately the song Juanito Alimaña wasn’t on that album because it also applies. The songs aren’t glorifying crime, they are a commentary about it.
Capitalism has a God and the name of their God is Profit. Which is why rules and regulations are needed to keep Profit from filling the air and water with noxious outflow.
All the money in our elections means politicians need to serve their donors considerably more then their voters.
We are between a rock and a hard place at the moment and strong measures are needed to get out of it.
What if "we the people" determined that our government was in fact a corporation? Would it then be authorized to buy up all its rivals, strip them of their wealth, and saddle them with debt? That would turn the tables.
…and anyone who seeks to reverse the damage is a “radical”. If you don’t believe me, ask the DNC.
What will be next? Will we be allowed to watch the obscenely rich buy and eat delicacies which none of us will be able to afford? The rich will enjoy our hunger, won't they?
Thom, this article is a wonderful composite defining today’s corporate power leading to corruption. Thanks. Greg
There is almost too much trauma here to read the whole article. The plantation and slavery mentality of greed and power and oppression has grooved so deeply into this country's psyche as to be a genetic abnormality - and again and again, over and over - has been voted for by Them the People to such an in-depth degree that any objections can be declared traitorous and onerous and punishable by cruel and unusual means. We the People have allowed this to happen by casual inattention and (at times) deliberate collusion in pursuit of the Almighty $ in the Land of Opportunity.
Thank you for mentioning cigarette science and how the pesticide lobby keeps toxicology researchers busy. On a happier note there was an album called Crime Pays with some classic salsa songs. Unfortunately the song Juanito Alimaña wasn’t on that album because it also applies. The songs aren’t glorifying crime, they are a commentary about it.
Capitalism has a God and the name of their God is Profit. Which is why rules and regulations are needed to keep Profit from filling the air and water with noxious outflow.
All the money in our elections means politicians need to serve their donors considerably more then their voters.
We are between a rock and a hard place at the moment and strong measures are needed to get out of it.