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I have an axe to grind, so let me be clear: I believe there is strong evidence that we have moved from something approaching a democracy to a corpocracy. I expe

I have an axe to grind, so let me be clear: I believe there is strong evidence that we have moved from something approaching a democracy to a corpocracy. I expect many people will tune this out, but here is the question, crucial one. Who Benefits? Do the laws that are passed benefit the common people or corporations? You figure it out. Please do not bother with the whole trickle down nonsense, unless you want to buy this bridge I have. And who can use the law? Can you afford a lawyer? Who can? The author says ".. I want my money back!" Good luck with that. If common people cannot enact laws to their benefit and cannot use the courts to their right wrongs, then we are not a democracy. The article states: "the last four administrations choosing to ‘privatize’ domain registration". So why did that happen? It happened because we allow corporations to pay for our elections. You want to be elected or get funding to stay there? Lobby, aka bribe. This is legal because the US Supreme Court in *Citizens United v. FEC* granted personhood to corporations. We have a situation where our "elected" officials owe there election to corporations. In case you think this analysis is far-fetched here is an article on the American Bar Association site: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/we-the-people/we-the-people-corporations/ https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_r... The crucial issue, the emergency, is that these "termites" as the article calls them are now so pervasive that they threaten our society. Our government has decided to use the change in prices, inflation, as the crucial measure of well being. Their argument is that if the rate of change is low, there is no problem. However, wages are the major factor in the economic condition of common people. If common people cannot earn enough (low wages) enough to afford common costs of living we have a new term to add to 'enshitification', etc. It is 'enslavification'.

palata 2y ago
I think that we see everywhere that we are reaching the end of a system. Everything has been pushed to its limits.
gruez 2y ago
>This is legal because the US Supreme Court in Citizens United v. FEC granted personhood to corporations. This is a misunderstanding of Citizens United v. FEC. From wikipedia >The court held 5–4 that the freedom of speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations, nonprofit organizations, labor unions, and other associations. It didn't grant "personhood to corporations". That was already a recognized concept centuries before.

palata 2y ago

I think that we see everywhere that we are reaching the end of a system. Everything has been pushed to its limits.

gruez 2y ago

>This is legal because the US Supreme Court in Citizens United v. FEC granted personhood to corporations. This is a misunderstanding of Citizens United v. FEC. From wikipedia >The court held 5–4 that the freedom of speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations, nonprofit organizations, labor unions, and other associations. It didn't grant "personhood to corporations". That was already a recognized concept centuries before.