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>In all countries today, the power of the government, or an individual politician, exceeds that of a corporation. Nonsense and demonstrably false. If Al Gore
by loewenskind 16y ago
>In all countries today, the power of the government, or an individual politician, exceeds that of a corporation.
Nonsense and demonstrably false. If Al Gore had won his election that would have been the first time in 20 years that a candidate who didn't spend the most money won a presidential election. In Michigan the only Senator to vote against the Patriot act got ousted by a clueless hack who, once again, happened to spend a lot more money.
Spending more money doesn't always win, but it has enough effect that politicians live or die based on campaign contributions. Snap their fingers and wipe away a corporation? Yea right, so no other corp would ever give them money again?
I'm afraid you're living in a dream world. The US government is completely owned by big business. The only difference between republican and democrat is which companies they are owned by.
- xom 16y agoCorrelation != Causation
- loewenskind 16y agoIt's true that if the person who becomes president is always the one who spent the most money that the money might not have had any effect, but that's extraordinarily unlikely. It's hopefully not the only cause but it's virtually guaranteed that it's related and very likely that it's a major cause.