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then explain about Misters SOROS and Rickards' doing yeoman's effort to be vociferous and public
while also being the hidden-hand in many control-the-masses focused dealings
originally posted by: Merinda
Somehow you failed to tie in those corporations to the families they are supposedly to stand in for.
originally posted by: Merinda
Somehow you failed to tie in those corporations to the families they are supposedly to stand in for. Corporations can be owned by anybody who buys the stock, of course some own more stock than others.
STATE STREET CORPORATION is a major player and manipulator of the game.
State Street Corporation, or just simply State Street is a U.S. based financial services holding company. State Street was founded in 1792, and is headquartered in the Financial District area of Boston at One Lincoln Street.[2] State Street has offices in major financial centers throughout the world.
State Street Bank and Trust Company, a custodian bank, and its sister company State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), which is a leading registered investment advisor, together comprise the principal operating companies within parent company State Street Corporation.
State Street Global Advisors
originally posted by: Shiloh7
a reply to: soficrow
What surprises me is not where we are but how the hell we got here. There use to be a monopolies commission that stopped companies combining etc in the interests of the public and dare I say fairness to free competition etc.
Where hell did that body disappear to? and more importantly why isn't it stopping this kind of thing or has it itself been effectively stopped?
originally posted by: Quetzalcoatl14
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
I see two arguments on ATS:
1. The government is evil!
2. Corporations are evil!
So ATS -- which is it? Which regime would you rather live under? Oppression from "the company" or "the man"?
People fail to realize that it's the same outcome in either extreme. There has to be a balance between private industry and government involvement.
Yes, and neither is inherently evil.
However, what a "corporatetocracy" means is a fundamental merger of corporation and state, usually behind the scenes... We have that now. It's what used to be called the "Military-industrial complex."
originally posted by: toolgal462
originally posted by: Shiloh7
a reply to: soficrow
What surprises me is not where we are but how the hell we got here. There use to be a monopolies commission that stopped companies combining etc in the interests of the public and dare I say fairness to free competition etc.
Where hell did that body disappear to? and more importantly why isn't it stopping this kind of thing or has it itself been effectively stopped?
There were many things that have occurred since the 1980's. The signing of NAFTA, the repeal of Glass-Steagal, deregulation of various industries has led to what we have now.
In the mid 90's the FCC overturned a law that limited how many radio stations a corporation could own. As a result, all the small, indie stations got eaten up by just a few huge companies and now all radio is the same homogenous crap.
You can thank our duly elected politicians for selling out the people every chance they got.
a reply to: tetra50
Seems like you are halfway there:
So, the corporation was a method to provide that immortal system, by which we just spun a circle in time, instead of ever moving forward, supposedly while “they searched for the elusive “elixir of life.” “
Have they found that, and if they did, then what would happen? I am wondering. These are the questions that we now linger upon…..
Do you really think individual mortality is more relevant than an immortal global corporate government protected by an impenetrable tangle of international laws?
originally posted by: soficrow
originally posted by: karl 12
originally posted by: nerbot
Unless we, the individuals, each do SOMETHING to resist the corporate world, however small, we are just easy pickings for being controlled.
What do you do?
Campaigning for corporations to stop being seen in the eyes of the law as 'just one person' would be a great start
See 2:20
Yes. Found this: AbolishCorporatePersonhoodNow.
A Dozen Wisconsin Communities Challenge Corporate Personhood With Vote to Overturn Citizens United
'We the people want a democracy, not a corporatocracy,' organizer says
Wisconsin residents in 12 communities will vote next week on whether to amend the U.S. Constitution to overturn Citizens United, end corporate personhood, and get big money out of politics.
In Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court found that corporations have a First Amendment right to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence the outcome of elections..
"The Supreme Court changed the meaning of the 1st Amendment, and we want it changed back," added Mary Laan, the Move to Amend leader in Milwaukee County.
Should the non-binding measures pass, these communities will join more than 40 others in Wisconsin that have already endorsed such an amendment, along with 16 state legislatures and almost 600 towns, villages, cities, counties, and organizations across the country..
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The City Council of Los Angeles unanimously passed a resolution calling on Congress to amend the Constitution and strip corporations of their personhood. Other cities and counties have taken similar actions including Boulder, Colorado - Missoula, Montana - Madison, Wisconsin - Dane County, Wisconsin - and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..
Good grief. Have you any idea -at all- how much privacy you give up with every little business transaction you make? How much raw data on your personal health, work history and everything else about you is accumulated from your birth - and filed with insurance and re-insurance companies? And sold for profit to interested parties?
Governments (ie: politicians) are bought and paid for... they have been for several decades now.
Correction - Big Business buys politicians to do it.
No difference
There never would have been any bail outs, Obamacare or numerous wars if it were not for Big Business Lobbyists.
originally posted by: LewsTherinThelamon
a reply to: jacobe001
Correction - Big Business buys politicians to do it.
No difference
There never would have been any bail outs, Obamacare or numerous wars if it were not for Big Business Lobbyists.
If businesses are so powerful, why do they have to bribe government officials??
originally posted by: shasta9600
originally posted by: LewsTherinThelamon
a reply to: jacobe001
Correction - Big Business buys politicians to do it.
No difference
There never would have been any bail outs, Obamacare or numerous wars if it were not for Big Business Lobbyists.
If businesses are so powerful, why do they have to bribe government officials??
To play the charade
originally posted by: LewsTherinThelamon
a reply to: jacobe001
Correction - Big Business buys politicians to do it.
No difference
There never would have been any bail outs, Obamacare or numerous wars if it were not for Big Business Lobbyists.
If businesses are so powerful, why do they have to bribe government officials??
originally posted by: LewsTherinThelamon
Corporations specialize in selling products.
Governments specialize in the organization of power.
Campaign stunt launches a corporate 'candidate' for Congress
After the Supreme Court declared that corporations have the same rights as individuals when it comes to funding political campaigns, the self-described progressive firm took what it considers the next logical step: declaring for office.
originally posted by: LewsTherinThelamon
a reply to: CranialSponge
Governments (ie: politicians) are bought and paid for... they have been for several decades now.
Exactly!
You just admitted that corporations have no real power and they have to bribe the people with the actual power: government.
Corporations specialize in selling products.
Governments specialize in the organization of power.
Hence my belief that governments are more dangerous than corporations.
Corporations specialize in selling products.
originally posted by: SmokeyDawn
a reply to: intrptr
That would be "Jump" with Denzel Washington... Great movie!😁