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>Now they are servants, beholden to the corrupted members of our government. ITYM corporations. The government is desperately trying to help and corporate inte

>Now they are servants, beholden to the corrupted members of our government. ITYM corporations. The government is desperately trying to help and corporate interests (in the form of Joe Manchin's blocking of the BBB act) are how we got to this point. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/joe-manchin-no-build-back-better/621062/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/joe-man... Most people have forgotten that we "solved" the ozone hole problem through regulation. We could have done the same for green house emmissions. But businesses did not want cut into their profits and now here we are.

mise_en_place 5y ago
Nope, the worst thing a corporation can do is try to sell me something I don’t want. The worst the federal govt can do to me is imprison me, or worse, kill me. It’s time we hold these fascists accountable.
- pbourke 5y ago
  > Nope, the worst thing a corporation can do is try to sell me something I don’t want. I think poisoning your water supply with benzene might be a bit worse.
  - mise_en_place 5y ago
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- GabeIsko 5y ago
  You know the Federal government contracts out running prisons and the acquisition of execution materials to private entities right?
- callmeal 5y ago
  >Nope, the worst thing a corporation can do is try to sell me something I don’t want. How quickly we forget. https://www.marketplace.org/2019/10/16/the-20-year-legal-battle-with-dupont-that-started-with-one-west-virginia-farmer/ https://www.marketplace.org/2019/10/16/the-20-year-legal-bat... https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/radium-girls-radioactive-paint/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/radium-girls-radioacti... There's more. A lot, lot more.
  - Mezzie 5y ago
    The Battle of Blair Mountain. Shirtwaist Fire. Company towns. Sharecropping. Child Labor. Indentured servitude. Authoritarianism is the same whether it's public or private. It's about power and leverage.

mise_en_place 5y ago

Nope, the worst thing a corporation can do is try to sell me something I don’t want. The worst the federal govt can do to me is imprison me, or worse, kill me. It’s time we hold these fascists accountable.

pbourke 5y ago
> Nope, the worst thing a corporation can do is try to sell me something I don’t want. I think poisoning your water supply with benzene might be a bit worse.
- mise_en_place 5y ago
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GabeIsko 5y ago
You know the Federal government contracts out running prisons and the acquisition of execution materials to private entities right?
callmeal 5y ago
>Nope, the worst thing a corporation can do is try to sell me something I don’t want. How quickly we forget. https://www.marketplace.org/2019/10/16/the-20-year-legal-battle-with-dupont-that-started-with-one-west-virginia-farmer/ https://www.marketplace.org/2019/10/16/the-20-year-legal-bat... https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/radium-girls-radioactive-paint/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/radium-girls-radioacti... There's more. A lot, lot more.
- Mezzie 5y ago
  The Battle of Blair Mountain. Shirtwaist Fire. Company towns. Sharecropping. Child Labor. Indentured servitude. Authoritarianism is the same whether it's public or private. It's about power and leverage.