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orpupilofnature57

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21. Only if production, efficiency, and subservience take priority

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Sun Sep 23, 2012, 12:17 PM

Sep 2012

over human beings . I thought mere survival of our species was John Connors goal.

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BREAK UP THE MONOPOLIES: banking, pharma, insurance, media, food producers, political parties... [View all] elehhhhna Sep 2012 OP

You forgot one orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #1

Indeed. 99Forever Sep 2012 #4

Agreed ! orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #13

Also, big oil is too big. safeinOhio Sep 2012 #22

uh, monopolies will eventually reconstitute themselves in some other form BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #2

Just abolish capital gains entitlements altogether. n/t orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #7

come on, dude BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #17

And there's physically more of us than orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #25

Then you brush them back again... JHB Sep 2012 #26

beats me BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #48

What did technology look like 25 years ago? 1987? JHB Sep 2012 #60

Political parties requires a constitutional amendment nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #3

think of monopolies like T1000 in Terminator 2 BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #5

Yes ,mindless, heartless amoebas with one goal orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #8

wasn't that really john connor's goal though? BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #19

Only if production, efficiency, and subservience take priority orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #21

yes, john connor is what you might call BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #49

Did you see Terminator 2 ? orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #50

We're into the 5th successive administration that has refused to enforce the law. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #6

Teddy Roosevelt was ostracized for it orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #9

teddy roosevelt was a racist cop BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #14

If that was the case only the rich would orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #27

...and Thomas Jefferson owned slaves. Cooley Hurd Sep 2012 #29

people knew slavery was wrong in jefferson's day BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #44

Only in Mass and NY orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #52

i wonder how the slaves felt about it (n/t) BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #53

Like militant supremacists oh yeah and Radical species orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #55

i didn't make that up! believe it or not. BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #56

And FDR interned the Japanese and forced them to give up their stuff. OnyxCollie Sep 2012 #30

My Avatar, and he was exiled from the world orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #57

Yes he was, at least in the Hearst owned press. But that was the OG GOP. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #37

Right, and this a major reason for many of our problems today. elleng Sep 2012 #38

One of the biggies, that's for sure. kick n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #42

the media definately ought to be separated from iemitsu Sep 2012 #10

Walter Cronkite would say it, but Joe scar orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #11

joe Scarborough is a sleazy whore who was handed a house seat, iemitsu Sep 2012 #24

They got a pheonomenal boost & complicity under GW. K & R! mother earth Sep 2012 #12

I say we go ALL THE WAY back and make Corporations SHORT term.... they want to be people? Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #15

Now that's an idea. Lifespan, what about the ones that walk in front of a bus at age 2 or 3? lonestarnot Sep 2012 #16

I love this idea. At age 50 (or whatever), they get broken up into pieces, by law. reformist2 Sep 2012 #32

Original Founding Fathers Concept - not mine Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #36

thanks, hadn't seen that article - nt dreamnightwind Sep 2012 #54

Monopoly laundry_queen Sep 2012 #18

+1 Scuba Sep 2012 #20

+1 leftstreet Sep 2012 #23

+1 freshwest Sep 2012 #58

Not unregulated tama Sep 2012 #59

Not sure what you are getting at. laundry_queen Sep 2012 #61

Simply tama Sep 2012 #66

And that's the irony of a completely 'free' market. NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #67

I think we can put this in the "WELL FUCKING DUH!" department. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #28

Better yet RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #31

Of course, then someone defacto7 Sep 2012 #46

We need a cut-throat muckraker with a megaphone. ChazInAz Sep 2012 #33

We've seen the buy-outs since the 80s socialindependocrat Sep 2012 #34

kr HiPointDem Sep 2012 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Sep 2012 #39

Stop the robber barons of this generation. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #40

I know a way to do that.... The Doctor. Sep 2012 #41

YES!!!! Rex Sep 2012 #43

Dame u WFB skeewee08 Sep 2012 #45

It's ethics... defacto7 Sep 2012 #47

I agree, but how if our elected reps and senators won't? Cleita Sep 2012 #51

The largest problem facing America - bar none. wtmusic Sep 2012 #62

NONE of these are monopolies for crying out loud. banned from Kos Sep 2012 #63

Heavens, is that all? wtmusic Sep 2012 #64

Great idea. Occupy has been working on this for over a year now. Zorra Sep 2012 #65