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>without challenging corporate power. Why would expect this in a capitalist country?
by Braxton1980 2y ago
>without challenging corporate power.
Why would expect this in a capitalist country?
- Gareth321 2y agoWe challenge corporate power all the time in our capitalist nation of Denmark. Denmark beats the U.S. in ease of doing business (https://archive.doingbusiness.org/en/rankings https://archive.doingbusiness.org/en/rankings). I'm always bemused by Americans who think no other country practises capitalism.
- hayst4ck 2y agoFDR's New Deal was widely celebrated. There was almost a corporate coup against him (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot). Teddy's trust busting was also very celebrated. We used to have stronger unions that checked corporate power. OSHA is a hard check on corporate power. There is a strong legacy of checking corporate power. Unfortunately now that almost all media is oligarch owned it's hard to understand corporate abuses of power because both politicians and "journalists" are on the oligarch's payroll, quite literally.