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ProfessorPlum

(11,461 posts) Tue May 14, 2024, 10:16 AM May 2024

what if . . and I know this is crazy but hear me out . . what if corporations are controlling more and more [View all]

of our lives (including more and more of the government) and making things better and better for corporations and worse and worse for people?

What should people do about this? Because as far as I can see, the levers of power are all being removed/placed in corporate hands.

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what if . . and I know this is crazy but hear me out . . what if corporations are controlling more and more [View all] ProfessorPlum May 2024 OP

Answer: vote for progressive Democrats. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 2024 #1

I do ProfessorPlum May 2024 #2

That's the best thing you can do. Elessar Zappa May 2024 #4

I absolutely agree... Think. Again. May 2024 #30

Vote, vote and vote, and when Dems control all three branches, change the lunacy of equating a c-rational May 2024 #3

great idea. ProfessorPlum May 2024 #7

Each one teach one. TRY helping someone else to "get" it live love laugh May 2024 #5

It's not crazy. It's true. Consider Citizens United. Raven123 May 2024 #6

Consider "Rollerball" 1975 (NOT the stupid sequel) justaprogressive May 2024 #8

We were basically a corrupt plutocracy up until the new deal. Voltaire2 May 2024 #9

I think we have been living in a Corporate State for awhile. That's where the money to control things resides. jalan48 May 2024 #10

You mean rule by plutocrats, oligarchs and banks? malaise May 2024 #11

choose truth DoBW May 2024 #12

Snowcrash by Neil Stephenson k55f5r May 2024 #13

Eat some bacon. That will help. twodogsbarking May 2024 #14

Jon Stewart's diatribe last night was on Congressional corruption. SleeplessinSoCal May 2024 #15

Oh, I know what to do, but it has been described as 'recklessly extreme'. OldBaldy1701E May 2024 #16

I remember reading a short story... Archae May 2024 #17

Corporations have been controlling our laws and government for decades. Lonestarblue May 2024 #18

IIRC from last time I saw stats, approx 2/3 of the worlds largest economies are corporations. nt wiggs May 2024 #19

Misplaced Anger wss2001 May 2024 #20

Victory gardens and guillotines pfitz59 May 2024 #21

it's fascism and you are not crazy. barbtries May 2024 #22

You are not crazy... MiHale May 2024 #23

What if life is getting better in America right now? Johnny2X2X May 2024 #24

See first link in my 'sig' line... Hermit-The-Prog May 2024 #25

You are not crazy wendyb-NC May 2024 #26

I've wondered that, too. It seems to me grocery prices might be artificially high with the thought Vinca May 2024 #27

"What if?" It is currently a daily threat. Martin68 May 2024 #28

Heck no, you're not crazy. Also remember that corporations are the shields that oligarchs hide behind. ancianita May 2024 #29

Here's Reclaim Democracy's corporate personhood section. CrispyQ May 2024 #31

I hear you. I have voted in EVERY, local, state, and federal elections since I reached the voting age in 1967..... usaf-vet May 2024 #32

Wait a minute. How could that be? We live in a land that prides itself on free speech. jaxexpat May 2024 #33

Read Thomas Jefferson's concerns re corporations HighFired49 May 2024 #34

#1 on the list - Citizens United needs to be overturned. nt TBF May 2024 #35