Companies effectively run the government, via the 2 party system and the back and forth of high level corporate execs back and forth into gov't. They don't want

Companies effectively run the government, via the 2 party system and the back and forth of high level corporate execs back and forth into gov't. They don't want to rock the boat once that bountiful position is achieved. That said, how to get the government to regulate corporations who regulate the government. Maybe I'm becoming too cynical, but there has to be an externality like the great depression in order for The People to take back the reigns of power (at least in the US).