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clang1

(884 posts)
18. People still not getting it
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 10:44 AM
Jun 2012

and it is all right in plain sight to see.

The cabal is in part this and it is right in your face:

Power Structure Research and the Hope for Democracy
by G. William Domhoff
April 2005

http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/methods/power_structure_research.html

For one important recent exception, see Charles Perrow, Organizing America: Wealth, Power, and The Origin of Corporate Capitalism (2002). From his vantage point as one of the leading organizational theorists since the early 1970s, the big private organizations that rose to power in the last part of the 19th century, and have been there ever since, have the following effects:

They create wage dependence. Over 90% of Americans work for someone else, and over 50% work for organizations (profit and nonprofit) with over 500 employees. When it comes to the for-profit organizations, where there were 5.5 million corporations, 2.0 million partnerships, and an estimated 17.7 million non-farm proprietorships in 2000, 44% of all private-sector employees worked for the 8,300 companies with 1,000 or more employees.
They centralize profits. Just 500 companies, the heart of the corporate community, earned 57% of all profits made in the United States in the year 2000, while employing 16.3 percent of the private-sector workforce (White, 2002).
They are big enough to shape their "environments," i.e. communities and governments.
They lead to a concentration of wealth and power.


and so on. Probably a worthwhile book to read.


--What don't people get on why certain politicians, persons in govt. move back and forth between Government and Corporations in this country? Like through some sort of revolving door?

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This is the Reep Corporate Congress of the USA. ananda Jun 2012 #1
They Are A Big Part Of This Systematic Takedown - But They Are Probably Just Pawns In ...... global1 Jun 2012 #3
6/10 - A mediocre invocation of the faceless, nameless "them" enemy slackmaster Jun 2012 #2
Smoking Isn't Politically Correct These Days - So I Didn't Use Smoke Filled Rooms....... global1 Jun 2012 #4
The only political correctness that doesn't belong in a DU rant IMO is the kind that gets you PPRd slackmaster Jun 2012 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author clang1 Jun 2012 #8
I don't care about the content of a rant. I care only about the quality of the writing. slackmaster Jun 2012 #20
Calm down. Lot of posts in here. Did not mean you. clang1 Jun 2012 #34
This isn't a joke Aerows Jun 2012 #11
Yes, but the alleged cabal's attempts are so scattered and disorganized, it's ludicrous to think... randome Jun 2012 #12
There is ONLY ONE Conspiracy. slackmaster Jun 2012 #19
Isn't Romney exactly the type of person that they will be able to manage? Just like Bush. olegramps Jun 2012 #21
You can't 'manage' someone who loses an election. randome Jun 2012 #23
What makes you think Rmoney is going to lose? ewagner Jun 2012 #25
I don't see it as 'he knows and doesn't care'. randome Jun 2012 #29
Meg Whitman tried to buy California with her millions in 2010- she failed NBachers Jun 2012 #46
I certainly hope that you are right. olegramps Jun 2012 #60
hope you're right ewagner Jun 2012 #62
The "field of Reality" is owned by Monsanto. Zorra Jun 2012 #27
I'm not 'hiding' anywhere and I am hardly 'patriotic'. And I don't believe in fairy tales. randome Jun 2012 #31
I have been saying the same thing! I would just add that most of the Dem's are corrupt too! Dustlawyer Jun 2012 #47
do you not get it? Skittles Jun 2012 #37
I'm not disagreeing about The Shrub at all. randome Jun 2012 #38
charismatic will not win an election Skittles Jun 2012 #39
Yes, we are. randome Jun 2012 #41
"Look who their Presidential candidate is and tell me there is a scheme afoot." Zorra Jun 2012 #40
Not over yet brush Jun 2012 #52
No, of course it's not a joke. That's obvious. I get it. It's a RANT. slackmaster Jun 2012 #17
The Howard Beale character in Network had two great speeches. 'Mad as hell' is the famous and Bluenorthwest Jun 2012 #15
I've got the cd... ewagner Jun 2012 #26
I'd be confused trying to watch a cd, too FiveGoodMen Jun 2012 #42
Obviously my age is showing....dvd ewagner Jun 2012 #61
Carlin. The best 3:15 on all of youtube. Huey P. Long Jun 2012 #28
^^^This^^^ Truth. Recommend. Don't miss it!^^^ Zorra Jun 2012 #32
Yep. nt abelenkpe Jun 2012 #48
Thanks. I've listened to this particular clip many times and snappyturtle Jun 2012 #58
great quote Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #36
Thank you. Network is one of the best films ever written and is arguably the Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #57
You may think you are being clever... dogknob Jun 2012 #51
My reply had nothing to do with the content of the OP. slackmaster Jun 2012 #59
tl;dnr Zorra Jun 2012 #63
VOTE, and make your Voice Count /n Cigar11 Jun 2012 #6
Voting does nothing but make people feel they did their duty TatonkaJames Jun 2012 #55
+1000 n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #7
It really sickens me that even some Democrats can't see what you're seeing. Thanks!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2012 #9
We the people must continue to rise up through Occupy and rallies libtodeath Jun 2012 #10
This is beyond right or left Mosaic Jun 2012 #13
These groups have names Botany Jun 2012 #14
You forgot Heritage Foundation and Americans For Prosperity Initech Jun 2012 #33
Add American Enterprise Institute, WTO, and Federalist Society to the list, and Zorra Jun 2012 #44
It can be painful for people to truly see. raouldukelives Jun 2012 #16
People still not getting it clang1 Jun 2012 #18
Yeah, but on the up side, some very wealthy people are going to get richer, and that's the most valerief Jun 2012 #22
Long Time In The Works... sansatman Jun 2012 #24
K & R +330,000,000 L0oniX Jun 2012 #30
Sometimes I wonder if that billionaire fascist coup from the 30's actually succeeded. Initech Jun 2012 #35
Yep n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #49
Very astute observation. kitt6 Jun 2012 #53
The reason we have romney obxhead Jun 2012 #54
The reason we have Romney is the billionaire vultures want the government run like Bain Capital. Initech Jun 2012 #64
When you consider that none of the plotters were ever tried, they did win. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #65
Yup - if they were we'd be a completely different country. Initech Jun 2012 #66
K&R me b zola Jun 2012 #43
This is likely taking place in "quiet rooms" at RMoney's Utah retreat this weekend. Snarkoleptic Jun 2012 #45
Powerless? People working together are never powerless. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2012 #50
K&R B Calm Jun 2012 #56
You should read Mitchner's book, Covenant, HeiressofBickworth Jun 2012 #67
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