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Further proof that the US federal government now exists mainly to defend domestic corporate interests. Climate change -- just like the breastfeeding resolution

Further proof that the US federal government now exists mainly to defend domestic corporate interests. Climate change -- just like the breastfeeding resolution -- is the other example of corporate greed corrupting the government to the detriment of science, the environment and public health.

turk73 7y ago
Climate change is just another huge scam. Look up Eugenics from the 1930s. Same bs as climate change.
gremlinsinc 7y ago
The U.S.A. is now literally a poster child for WHY Citizen's United and Unlimited Capitalism or Unfettered Capitalism is probably just as damaging (if not more so) than socialism/communism. I lean a little libertarian-socialist or where I'd love to see M4A, but more personal freedom. Like legalize all drugs, and only incarcerate people who've committed violent crimes: Rape, Murder, Gunpoint robberies, Assault, etc... Everything else gets an ankle bracelet and fines. I feel we'd also benefit from more Worker Coops. But I come at it from an incremental point of view, I don't believe full ownership of the means of production by an authoritarian regime is EVER a good idea.. Instead more liquid/democratic control of some parts of industry I think make sense, in a more organic supply/demand way. You can't have your capitalism without revolutions if you don't have regulations that protect the working class. Eventually guillotines are brought out. It's already happening in Puerto Rico.
- jrs235 7y ago
  The U.S. has swung over to corporatism and is currently aiming towards fascism. https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/capitalism https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/capitalism https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/corporatism https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/corporatism https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/fascism https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/fascism
- eesmith 7y ago
  Let's suppose I'm contracted to provide concrete for a bridge. I provide substandard concrete, because it's cheaper, and I get to keep the profits. I do this for years across many jobs and make lots of money. I launder most of the profits to friends and family, by overcompensating them for their "jobs" at my company. Then, 10 years later the bridge collapses and 14 people die, due to the poor concrete. All I get is an ankle bracelet and fines? No worries about jail, because what I did isn't a violent crime? And if I can't pay the fine, because I don't have the money, then all I need is an ankle bracelet? Woo-hoo! So my friends and family, who made millions from my theft, can support me as a destitute man, while I wear the ankle bracelet in early retirement.

turk73 7y ago

Climate change is just another huge scam. Look up Eugenics from the 1930s. Same bs as climate change.

gremlinsinc 7y ago

The U.S.A. is now literally a poster child for WHY Citizen's United and Unlimited Capitalism or Unfettered Capitalism is probably just as damaging (if not more so) than socialism/communism. I lean a little libertarian-socialist or where I'd love to see M4A, but more personal freedom. Like legalize all drugs, and only incarcerate people who've committed violent crimes: Rape, Murder, Gunpoint robberies, Assault, etc... Everything else gets an ankle bracelet and fines. I feel we'd also benefit from more Worker Coops. But I come at it from an incremental point of view, I don't believe full ownership of the means of production by an authoritarian regime is EVER a good idea.. Instead more liquid/democratic control of some parts of industry I think make sense, in a more organic supply/demand way. You can't have your capitalism without revolutions if you don't have regulations that protect the working class. Eventually guillotines are brought out. It's already happening in Puerto Rico.

jrs235 7y ago
The U.S. has swung over to corporatism and is currently aiming towards fascism. https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/capitalism https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/capitalism https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/corporatism https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/corporatism https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/fascism https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/fascism
eesmith 7y ago
Let's suppose I'm contracted to provide concrete for a bridge. I provide substandard concrete, because it's cheaper, and I get to keep the profits. I do this for years across many jobs and make lots of money. I launder most of the profits to friends and family, by overcompensating them for their "jobs" at my company. Then, 10 years later the bridge collapses and 14 people die, due to the poor concrete. All I get is an ankle bracelet and fines? No worries about jail, because what I did isn't a violent crime? And if I can't pay the fine, because I don't have the money, then all I need is an ankle bracelet? Woo-hoo! So my friends and family, who made millions from my theft, can support me as a destitute man, while I wear the ankle bracelet in early retirement.