Pops wrote: now there are multinational business entities that are in fact supranational "states" in their own right. They in fact have monetary power greater than some nations and their political power is only different in name, they are a constituency of the .001% that has veto over most every political decision. Those entities are in effect "Rogue States" in that they are completely authoritarian, wield vast power — in fact, near absolute power
I believe the next round of drama will result from the increasing concentration of resources and political power in this new supranational pseudo-state, known now in the US as the Corporate Person.
I'm less sure than ever that overshoot per se will be our demise. In fact, after a decade of somewhat intense study and a lifetime of at least casual reading, I find myself less and less convinced by the various Coefficients Of Doom (CODs) bandied about to prove this or that premise; "ecological footprint," "Energy Returned on Energy Invested," "Ultimately Recoverable Reserve" and on and on. Not to argue that we can or will increase our numbers forever, just that I am less and less convinced of the veracity of the various CODs.
KaiserJeep wrote:There was only one thing I wanted from Barack Obama, and that was improved racial politics in the USA. But he poured burning oil onto already troubled waters. What a total disappointment he is.
Pops wrote:the Great Head Fake:
Look! The UN wants a One World Government! And Socialists want to take your money! And Muslims want to rape your babies!
By the way, vote for these increases in the unlimited power of Corporate Persons and we'll stand up to the evil.
ennui2 wrote:Pops wrote:the Great Head Fake:
Look! The UN wants a One World Government! And Socialists want to take your money! And Muslims want to rape your babies!
By the way, vote for these increases in the unlimited power of Corporate Persons and we'll stand up to the evil.
Thumbs way up. This is exactly how it works, and people get the result they deserve for being so gullible and wrapping their arms around an ideology that actively works against their best interests. And it's depressing how many posters here, despite supposedly being armed with the facts, continues to parrot Fox News talking points about liberals or government being the problem rather than deregulation and hypercapitalism.
Pops wrote: Fire 50 million US union workers and hire 500 million Chinese 12 year-olds. Productivity goes up, labor cost per unit goes down and Voila.
ennui2 wrote:Pops wrote:the Great Head Fake:
Look! The UN wants a One World Government! And Socialists want to take your money! And Muslims want to rape your babies!
By the way, vote for these increases in the unlimited power of Corporate Persons and we'll stand up to the evil.
Thumbs way up. This is exactly how it works, and people get the result they deserve for being so gullible and wrapping their arms around an ideology that actively works against their best interests. And it's depressing how many posters here, despite supposedly being armed with the facts, continues to parrot Fox News talking points about liberals or government being the problem rather than deregulation and hypercapitalism.
vtsnowedin wrote:Are you saying that there are not people in the UN that think we should have one world government? Or that socialists are not always talking about income redistribution and fairness and is not the news full of Muslims kidnapping young girls and beheading their brothers? I don't know how giving corporations more power would defend us from any of these but find it amusing that we are debating the issue on computers furnished to us by corporations.
Ibon wrote:For the weakened middle class in the US for example, the liabilities of globalization will at some point so clearly out weigh the benefits that this surely should give rise to a populist movement.
Pops wrote:I'm pretty far out of the US middle class now and life ain't too bad. My folks were much poorer and worked much harder than I ever have. So as far as actual living standards I don't see too much problem.
Kylon wrote:These companies are effectively gutting the middle class, the working class, and the people who allow the United States to produce the wealth, and the tax revenue necessary to power the various organizations and the military necessary to secure global property rights.
As the U.S loses economic power, it will also lose the power to project force soft and hard overseas, and therefore lose the power to enforce global property rights, that the current system is predicated on.
Pops wrote:Like everything else, surplus energy overcomes a multitude of sins.
Pops wrote:You miss the entire point, corporations are becoming the defacto One World Government. While you focus on how much money the Russians gave Hillary, corporations have been giving her many multiples of that regularly for "speaking fees."
You can't have it both ways, either money buys you love or it doesn't.
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