Corporations / Citizens

[Serf]

The Democratic Party establishment benefits from our system of legalized bribery. It benefits from deregulating Wall Street and the fossil fuel industry. It benefits from the endless wars. It benefits from the curtailment of civil liberties, including the right to privacy and due process. It benefits from militarized police. It benefits from austerity programs. It benefits from mass incarceration. It is an enabler of tyranny, not an impediment.

Demagogues like Trump, Farage and Johnson, of course, have no intention of altering the system of corporate pillage. Rather, they accelerate the pillage, which is what happened with the passage of the massive U.S. tax cut for corporations. They divert the public’s anger toward demonized groups such as Muslims, undocumented workers, people of color, liberals, intellectuals, artists, feminists, the LGBT community and the press. The demonized are blamed for the social and economic dysfunction, much as Jews were falsely blamed for Germany’s defeat in World War I and the economic collapse that followed. - chris hedges

The first paragraph sounds exactly like the opening ad endorsement for the Green Party. In which case of course gets little to no national coverage. Albeit, having decent stances from time to time.
Have you seen the video where Nigel Farage rips the Parliment & EU for essentially never doing anything of substance in their lives? He set out to Brexit, succeeds. And the British Government sits idly on its hands.
What is going to happen in the future? How can the Democratic Party survive this realignment it's going to experience? The irreprebale damage the media has done to itself.

 

[rickyb]

white collar crime has been crazy for decades. it didnt just start under trump.

Jeff Milchen‏ @JMilchen 2h2 hours ago




Going soft on corporate criminals harms every ethical business competing against them. https://corporatepresidency.org/enforcement/ @Public_Citizen #corporatecrime

 

[rickyb]

increasing lawlessness under trump??? a violation of conservative principles:

Ralph Nader Retweeted
Public Citizen‏Verified account @Public_Citizen 11h11 hours ago


Under Trump, the DOJ has:
-Allowed corporations that engage in illegal bribery abroad to completely avoid prosecution
-Limited its own power to bring charges against corporations that defraud the government
-Eliminated payments to third parties that help right corporate wrongs

 

[vantexan]

increasing lawlessness under trump??? a violation of conservative principles:

Ralph Nader Retweeted
Public Citizen‏Verified account @Public_Citizen 11h11 hours ago


Under Trump, the DOJ has:
-Allowed corporations that engage in illegal bribery abroad to completely avoid prosecution
-Limited its own power to bring charges against corporations that defraud the government
-Eliminated payments to third parties that help right corporate wrongs

The corporate oppression from Obama is a major reason the economy was in the doldrums until Trump showed up.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

The corporate oppression from Obama is a major reason the economy was in the doldrums until Trump showed up.

So regulation caused the recession, lol. Delusional.

 

[vantexan]

So regulation caused the recession, lol. Delusional.

The recession ended shortly after Obama took office. His policies kept us from recovering. Slowest recovery in history. Only president to not achieve at least 3% growth.

 

[vantexan]

So regulation caused the recession, lol. Delusional.

The recession ended shortly after Obama took office. His policies kept us from recovering. Slowest recovery in history. Only president to not achieve at least 3% growth.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Slowest recovery in history.

What would you have done differently?

 

[vantexan]

What would you have done differently?

Look at what Trump is doing. Hate him all you want, things are improving. Look at the EU yesterday conceding that trade can be more equitable, not lopsided. If things continue the way they have been economically, voters aren't going to worry about Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen, Russian collusion, etc. And if Democrats become more openly socialist they aren't going to win elections as long as the economy is doing well.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Look at what Trump is doing. Hate him all you want, things are improving. Look at the EU yesterday conceding that trade can be more equitable, not lopsided. If things continue the way they have been economically, voters aren't going to worry about Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen, Russian collusion, etc. And if Democrats become more openly socialist they aren't going to win elections as long as the economy is doing well.

I'm not surprised that you can't answer the question.

 

[vantexan]

I'm not surprised that you can't answer the question.

I'm not surprised that no matter what I say you'll ridicule it.

 

[rickyb]

worthless AG holder thinking of running for prez

 

[rickyb]

Adam H. Johnson‏Verified account @adamjohnsonNYC Jul 31




reading this article from May about someone facing 12 years in prison for shoplifting $39.57 in goods from Walmart I’m reminded Walmart has paid out over $1,400,000,000 in stolen wages since 2000 & not one of its execs or managers ever faced a day in jail.


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[Old Man Jingles]

I'm not surprised that no matter what I say you'll ridicule it.

I put him on IGNORE and Current Events IQ went up 15 points.

 

[bbsam]

His policies kept us from recovering. Slowest recovery in history.

Do you listen to yourself?

 

[Sportello]

I put him on IGNORE and Current Events IQ went up 15 points.

You interact almost daily with people you have on 'ignore'.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

You interact almost daily with people you have on 'ignore'.

I agree ... and your point?

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Do you listen to yourself?

on Siri?

 

[bbsam]

on Siri?

No. On Michael Cohen’s tapes.

 

[Sportello]

I agree ... and your point?

That's not 'ignore'.