ego2spare said:
dagsgarrett said:
In my opinion it would be easier to rape the people of their wealth than spend large amounts of money trying to fight large multinational mining corporations in the court system, whilst also trying to defend their actions in the midst of systematic advertising campaigns from those same companies to the public at large. They will start at the bottom and work their way up I believe.
u think australia or any other nation would easily tear apart its people before taking over (and compensating) 1 or 2 companies?.. i dont think your thinking this through at all.
Yes indeed! Have you not noticed the incestual relationship between large corporations and government, the revolving doors, corporate capture, the influence of lobbying and election funding, and the actions of governments over recent years especially during the GFC?
Did you see this recent study?
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Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy[/h]
A new study from Princeton spells bad news for American democracynamely, that it no longer exists.
Asking "[w]ho really rules?" researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page argue that over the past few decades America's political system has slowly transformed from a democracy into an oligarchy, where wealthy elites wield most power.
Using data drawn from over 1,800 different policy initiatives from 1981 to 2002, the two conclude that rich, well-connected individuals on the political scene now steer the direction of the country, regardless of or even against the will of the majority of voters.
"The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy," they write, "while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/princeton-experts-say-us-no-longer-democracy
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/princeton-scholar-demise-of-democracy-america-tpm-interview
