An Enormous Corporate Colonization Project Is Underway -- And the US Economy Will Never Be the Same

[ljm2002]

7. And that used to work...

...but now the state is owned by the corporations. And it's not just our state: we've watched as corporations bust unions in this country by moving their factories to so-called "right to work" (i.e., low-wage) states. The very same thing happens worldwide: keep wages down, keep taxes down, keep regulations down or nonexistent, and we'll bring our great bounty to your country.

Of course the "great bounty" that they bring is not only the few billion $$ they infuse into a country's economy. It is also poor working conditions (see: Bangladesh), environmental destruction (see: Nigeria), austerity (see: Spain, Greece), and corruption (see: USA, UK).

Well one thing we can count on. As the climate worsens, there will be upheaval. It is questionable whether people will ever make the obvious connection between all-encompassing corporate and the worsening state of the natural world. But some things will change. The question is, how soon? and what kind of change? or will humanity just go on its not-so-merry way and decide to blame one another and flail about destructively, or will we learn how to pull together?

It was a rhetorical question. Given the corporate propaganda that has turned so many against reason, and therefore has made so many people sincerely believe that climate change is not real; we will see utter disaster before there is even a prayer of reacting. By then it will be too late, and the Little People will begin to turn on one another. Sometimes even their governments. But the Big People, the people who are really in charge, will repair to their fortresses to wait out the storm.

If there is any justice in this world, they'll drown in a massive tsunami. But I haven't seen much evidence of justice in this world.