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In reply to the discussion: When corporations can threaten citizens and tell them how to vote [View all]StClone
(11,869 posts)36. I think the score is pretty lop-sided
Looking at SCOTUS rulings favoring the corporatist. Look at wealth distribution. Look at the monopolies in food production, media and energy. Look at who pays taxes. Look at banksters walking while a a small time thief sits in prison. We are the frog cooking in boiling water and and have no way to lower the heat the way things are.
One key factor is demonization and diminution of unions, simply people organizing for their own benefit, are at a century low but a figment of legal maneuvering allows corporations to have more power than any one man. I thing the strong front is a big crushing bulldozer.
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Perhaps if each count was additive to the total the law might dissuade businesses
HereSince1628
Oct 2012
#3
That's so last year...Nobody goes to jail for anything anymore...How much longer until Tom Delay
silvershadow
Oct 2012
#40
I'm not sure the fascists have won, but they're certainly mounting a strong front.
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#6
Yes, fascism has been the word that flashes hot everytime I hear one of these stories.
nc4bo
Oct 2012
#18
There is EVERY PROBLEM HERE. We have billionaires and heads of corporations threatning....
Raster
Oct 2012
#22
Really?? You have no problem with your employer threatening that you'll be fired if Obama wins?
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
#39
Voting coercion's one thing. What if you're coerced into campaigning? Or donating?
Gidney N Cloyd
Oct 2012
#12
Our ballots are secret as long as nobody can hack into the electronic voting machines...
OldDem2012
Oct 2012
#19
Hey, it's on the front page of Yahoo. which is a huge news homepage for millions. nt
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
#38
This IS fascism, isn't it? Threats on your vote is truly over the top - like the wealth of some.
SleeplessinSoCal
Oct 2012
#33
A fine line between that and unions forcing members to contribute to a campaign
wtmusic
Oct 2012
#43