This is a question that I had been asking myself for years because of the influence that corporations are exerting on the government….my question was sort of answered last week when the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of limitless funds from corporations in the path of ultimate buying of the government…..
As a student of political philosophy the idea of corporatism has interested me for a long time now…but first let us look at corporatism to see if it would apply in this case…..originally it referred to a system where the corporations remained in private hands but did the bidding of the government…much like that of Italy in the 1930’s under fascism……but in today’s world that definition needs a bit of tweaking to make it more modern….
Today’s corporations have entered into the world of government by influencing the making of laws through the bribery of elected officials, but it is legal bribery, in the forms of campaign donations and such…..they are now writing legislation and giving it to their hired minions in government to be passed into law…..the corporations have been quietly for years taking over the reins of government, with elected officials on their payrolls and in doing so they are shaping the life of the polity…..they do this by letting the politicians on their rolls pass the laws and then tell the electorate what is and how it benefits them….and they believe it!
As I have said, this situation has been developing for years mainly through the use of political action committees (PAC) and now with the newest ruling by the Supreme Court those institutions may not be needed as much as they are today….
These corporations will in effect outright buy their political allies and not have to worry about the inconvenience of the PACs……
A dismal future approaches……the Left has been screaming about this day for decades and now their predictions do not seem so extreme……look for politicians to start wear corporate sponsorship patches like those in NASCAR….
If this holds up then the Dems can kiss their asses good-bye….the GOP will be the only form of political organization left…though there could be some promise for those conservative democrats….many of those already are in the pockets of corporations so they could be safe for awhile….
It is not too late but the door of opportunity to save American democracy is closing slowly…..will YOU let the system that you are so damn proud of die this horrible death…or will you stand up and do something about this political tsunami?
“will YOU let the system that you are so damn proud of die…” – not personally, no, but thenI’m not American.
However, the only thing with even close to enough clout to oppose it is rabid, out and out Socialism like we have in the UK – THAT is at least as dishonest (in fact more so since it pretends to be solely about people, whereas it is in fact only about power and money – just like corporatism) and is simply the opposite face of the same coin.
Either way, the vast majority of humanity WILL live as nothing more than slaves (even if they are not aware of it) and, realistically, there’s absolutely f*ck all any of us will be able to do about it….
Even revolution is NEVER the answer because, by its very nature, it simply installs another set of control freaks and extremists to replace the existing set of assholes – it NEVER produces moderation in any shape or form.
We’re screwed, buster! I just don’t intend to roll over and be quiet about it, but few if any listen! đź‘ż
Like I have said….with the new ruling by the SC then the representatives should be like NASCAR and wear patches of all their sponsors….at least that way we will know for sure where and who gets the money…..
Some of them would struggle with that – so many sponsors!
However, you are I feel, falling into the common American trap of (inadvertently in your case) regarding the US as the centre of the universe. This is SO-OOOO much bigger than a mere country. This is a global struggle that the corporations are winning – in spite of the leftist dictatorship that is modern Europe and which really only amounts to corporatism wearing one of its many other disguises!
Of course you are right…we Americans do seem to think that we are the center of creation….as hard as I try…I still lapse into that mode of thinking….
Anbd it is bigger than just the country…..foreign agents are already influencing the US and I would guess that the UK, France et al are no different….just now it will be a lot easier for them to give lots of money….
Yes, that is perfectly true and I understand the point of your post and you’re spot on right. Of course, they’ve already got most of America’s money now and it’s the same in the UK.
The rest of Europe is in the same situation, of course, but they are mostly been a good deal more canny about their nefarious machinations, so it’s less obvious, but then the European “chosen few” go about their corrupt purposes much more quietly than the US and the UK.
I believe the key word is “Access”….too bad us “little” people do not have that opportunity, huh?