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Government Of the Corporations, By the Corporations...
Author: BobR
Date: 09/16/2009 12:25:26
Anyone who has seen video of the 9/12 protesters knows that they seem to be using the terms socialism, fascism, and communism interchangeably. They push the notion that America is becoming socialist (an economic term) as well as communist (a political term). Facism means different things to different people. Some people think of it in the classical Italian sense where "a system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism." Other definitions include "corporatism", where corporations take over government. It is in that latter sense that it completely contradicts communism (where government takes over and owns businesses).
This is way more relevent than one might think. Let's look at two articles... First - Monsanto - Public Enemy No. 1:
Second - World food aid at 20-year low, 1 billion hungry:
Why are we seeing unpredictable weather patterns? This is the result of Global Climate Change, the predicted result of Global Warming. And who have been the most vociferous critics of global warming science? The coal industry, the oil industry, and the power companies that use those fossil fuels.
This is bad enough as it is. The power of corporations to influence policy is already nearly unchecked. With millions of dollars to pay lobbyists, with corporate leaders taking positions in government, the lines between government and business are already very blurry. How much worse can it get?
We may soon see. A case coming before the Supreme Court will decide whether campaign finance laws limit freedom of speech. The law prohibits corporations from overt campaigning. Due to a faulty interpretation of an old Supreme Court case, corporations have been considered to be "persons". They are trying to leverage this interpretation to be granted 1st amendment rights with regards to this campaign finance law restriction.
What happens if they win? We'll see an enormous increase of influence over elections by corporations. The most powerful people in America will be the lheads of the corporations, as they essentially pick the politicians for us. The America as we know will cease to exist. Communist? Hardly... it will be the exact opposite.
This is way more relevent than one might think. Let's look at two articles... First - Monsanto - Public Enemy No. 1:
Through lies and total lack of concern for the final outcome, they insert their hired crooks, their representatives, in top positions everywhere, make deals with corrupt governments all over the world, deals that make farmers the innocent victims of a world-wide scam. The result is disaster for the farmers and the poor people all over the world and enormous power for the Biotech Companies that suck the blood out of the earth and out of the people who used to cultivate it with their own millennia-old and environmentally safe methods.
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Michael R. Taylor's appointment by the Obama administration to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 7th sparked immediate debate and even outrage among many food and agriculture researchers, NGOs and activists. The Vice President for Public Policy at Monsanto Corp. from 1998 until 2001, Taylor exemplifies the revolving door between the food industry and the government agencies that regulate it. He is reviled for shaping and implementing the government's favorable agricultural biotechnology policies during the Clinton administration.
Second - World food aid at 20-year low, 1 billion hungry:
Food aid is at a 20-year low despite the number of critically hungry people soaring this year to its highest level ever, the United Nations relief agency said Wednesday.
The number of hungry people will pass 1 billion this year for the first time, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) said, adding that it is facing a serious budget shortfall.
[...]
"Millions have been buffeted by the global financial downturn, their ability to buy food is limited by stubbornly high prices. In addition, unpredictable weather patterns are causing more weather-related hunger," the WFP said.
Why are we seeing unpredictable weather patterns? This is the result of Global Climate Change, the predicted result of Global Warming. And who have been the most vociferous critics of global warming science? The coal industry, the oil industry, and the power companies that use those fossil fuels.
This is bad enough as it is. The power of corporations to influence policy is already nearly unchecked. With millions of dollars to pay lobbyists, with corporate leaders taking positions in government, the lines between government and business are already very blurry. How much worse can it get?
We may soon see. A case coming before the Supreme Court will decide whether campaign finance laws limit freedom of speech. The law prohibits corporations from overt campaigning. Due to a faulty interpretation of an old Supreme Court case, corporations have been considered to be "persons". They are trying to leverage this interpretation to be granted 1st amendment rights with regards to this campaign finance law restriction.
What happens if they win? We'll see an enormous increase of influence over elections by corporations. The most powerful people in America will be the lheads of the corporations, as they essentially pick the politicians for us. The America as we know will cease to exist. Communist? Hardly... it will be the exact opposite.
