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At what point does the general public turn on corporations and politicians?
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:19 pm
The new Net Neutrality topic got me think to what the tipping point would be where mass anarchy of corporations and politics would happen in the country or the world.
At this point corporations have almost every liberty to squeeze every dollar/euro/rupee out of your pocket. Politicians are in their pockets thus shaping laws to benefit the companies and shite on the people. At what point do americans/other nations citizens say enough is enough and "overhaul" the system?
At this point corporations have almost every liberty to squeeze every dollar/euro/rupee out of your pocket. Politicians are in their pockets thus shaping laws to benefit the companies and shite on the people. At what point do americans/other nations citizens say enough is enough and "overhaul" the system?
This post was edited on 5/16/14 at 12:19 pm
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Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:20 pm to Geauxld Finger
Meh, go up into the woods and train with some Militias... they already think it's happening.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:20 pm to Geauxld Finger
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At this point corporations have almost every liberty to squeeze every dollar/euro/rupee out of your pocket.
The only entity with this liberty is your government. Otherwise, you are free to do what you want with your money.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:21 pm to Geauxld Finger
It will never happen. Too many people receive handouts from the government to turn their backs and make a stand.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:21 pm to Geauxld Finger
frick you, ya dirty hippy.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:23 pm to Geauxld Finger
According to the Federalist Papers, possibly never...unless we change our political structure.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:26 pm to FloridaMike
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frick you, ya dirty hippy
far from it. I'm pretty much middle ground politically, but lean slightly right. I just see so much shite in the political realm on both sides of the table. These people back corporate interests. They don't care about people. i just wondered at what point does that become too much to bear whether it be far left or far right over stepping the bounds of whats accepted and not to politically enforce on your people.
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Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:27 pm to Geauxld Finger
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At what point does the general public turn on corporations
wut
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:31 pm to Geauxld Finger
Because they control the messaging, you will never see a revolt.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:33 pm to SlowFlowPro
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wut
what do you mean wut? massive strikes? physical attacks on corporations. mass revolution.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:36 pm to Geauxld Finger
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physical attacks on corporations. mass revolution.
Not giving them money is a lot easier than violence.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:38 pm to Geauxld Finger
If we weren't a people who worried so much about which bucket we belong to it would be a lot more likely to happen. But sigh, Rednecks will redneck, Libs will lib and nothing but infighting among ourselves will ever happen.
We are a nation of idiots.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:39 pm to Geauxld Finger
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mass revolution
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling. Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes… The dead rising from the grave. Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria.
Not gonna happen because corporations run the media and media is a means to control the masses. A small part of me wishes it would though.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:40 pm to Geauxld Finger
When it's already too late.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:45 pm to Geauxld Finger
Not soon enough
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:46 pm to Sao
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If we weren't a people who worried so much about which bucket we belong to it would be a lot more likely to happen. But sigh, Rednecks will redneck, Libs will lib and nothing but infighting among ourselves will ever happen.
And this. Those in power understand that the easiest way to keep people conquered is to keep them divided.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:54 pm to Sophandros
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And this. Those in power understand that the easiest way to keep people conquered is to keep them divided.
this
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:57 pm to Geauxld Finger
The problem lies within the government and government bureaucracies. I don't blame corporations for trying to get the upper hand. I blame the government/politicians for allowing it to happen.
The insurance lobbyists (or any lobbyists for that matter) are not in the state capitals on behalf our interests.....they are there for their corporate interests.
The insurance lobbyists (or any lobbyists for that matter) are not in the state capitals on behalf our interests.....they are there for their corporate interests.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:59 pm to Geauxld Finger
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At what point do americans/other nations citizens say enough is enough and "overhaul" the system?
When/if things get orders of magnitude worse than they are now.
Is there a critical mass of people willing to die in the name of revolution? Accepting a (potentially severe) diminished standard of living?
I'm guessing not. Exhibit A is the fact that "the people" can wholesale change out the entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate every two years if they wish but choose to keep the majority instead.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:04 pm to Geauxld Finger
Leave me out of it. My comfort zone is being told what to buy and who to follow.
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