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I don't think you've thought that through - fascists and communists both have more control over the institutions of democracy than they do over those companies.
by roenxi 2y ago
I don't think you've thought that through - fascists and communists both have more control over the institutions of democracy than they do over those companies. The banking companies generally don't want to be involved in anything ideological except moneymaking.
- rafaquintanilha 2y agoCorrect. Moreover, when you are trapped by the government, few things work better than raising international awareness. Even if the companies ultimately comply, that is typically done loud and clear, and eventually snowball until it's unsustainable.
- erikerikson 2y agoSo there's this thing called a gag order.
- Propelloni 2y agoWhat "institutions of democracy" would that be, if the state is fascist or communist? And I think you severly underestimate the reach a totalitarian state has. Hint: it is total.
- roenxi 2y agoPeople don't change because a state is democratic. There are still authoritarians getting voted into power and present in the government; they just get voted out if the damage they are doing gets too visible.
- Propelloni 2y agoPeople change a lot when the environment changes, this has been shown over and over again. You actually only have to look around. Yet it's the people who make the state not vice versa. Quite a conundrum.
- hooverd 2y agoBanking companies are more than happy to fold like a cardboard box if either government threatens their money-making.