2007-10-06 12:47:17 · 14 answers · asked by amazed we've survived this l 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I think you mean "serfs." And yes, there should be a complete severing of corporate influence from politics, or soon we'll all be wearing trademark symbols and bar codes on our bottoms because we've been bought and paid for by large, powerful corporations.
2007-10-06 12:52:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
1913, when the Federal Reserve and IRS were founded was the beginning of our modern Corporatist state. After WWI, there was a backlash, so it experienced minor setbacks during the 20s (but was still able to cause the Great Depression), then seized power again in the 30s. It had more slight setbacks after WWII, but then took over both political parties in the 50s and has been mostly successful ever since.
However, this trend started with the replacement of the Articles of Confederation in 1787 by the Constitution, which created the means to establish big government. It accelerated after Abe Lincoln won his War and was finally successful with the Fed and IRS.
However, the most important thing to remember is that these corporations are not Capitalists (Capitalism refers to a completely free economy in which there is no government except possibly for defensive purposes), but rather Corporatists (also known as Fascism, though that causes confusion these days due to the narrowing of the definition of that term after WWII, which is an economy in which the government intervenes to increase the profits of big corporations). Socialism is a confused hybrid of Capitalism and Corporatism which desires to use the means of Corporatism (big government) to achieve the ends of Capitalism (prosperity for the people as a whole) and which is inevitably doomed to fail.
2007-10-06 12:59:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
in spite of the fact that my passport says i'm a citizen, the reality is that i'm a topic. it relatively is with regards to the dating between somebody and the state. In a republic, all and sundry is equivalent as a member of the state - the state is the human beings and somebody could replace into head of the state. In Britain, the state is a few thing that sits above the human beings and all and sundry has to defer to it. The Queen units the regulation yet isn't sure by the regulation - she is the state and we are all subject to the guideline of the state. None human beings has the awesome to alter into head of the state or maybe to be an entire element of it.
2016-10-10 10:44:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America has always been run by the wealthy. Review the signers of the Constitution. It was not so blatant as it appears today, they kept their influence under control, they made money but allowed us to prosper, to a point. Now they are just about making money & have found the perfect way to do so; take our jobs away by out-sourceing & leave us jobs that give us a bit more than we need to survive, so that we don't revolt. Chinese proverb: A well fed man will not fight, a hungry man has nothing to lose!
2007-10-06 13:07:54 · answer #4 · answered by geegee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When we began to fawn over the wealthy and decided that though they were enabled to make their fortunes by contributions of society as a whole - i.e - infrastructure,education,laws,etc...they owed nothing back to society as they somehow did this all on their own.(Bill Gates would be a small business owner if he hadn't the roads to ship his products on,the educated work force subsidized by taxes,the tax breaks for his companies,etc..).
A large portion of the population defended this theory and began to worship them blindly-thus setting in place the takeover of corporate America.
2007-10-06 16:01:14 · answer #5 · answered by Your Teeth or Mine? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if you could point to one moment and say "there... that's when it happened!"
It's been a slow process. Regular workers earn less and less as people at the top earn more and more, and investment options for the wealthy allow them to compound that wealth exponentially. Parachute packages for CEOs, corporate bail-outs, shipping jobs overseas, political lobbying, etc...
In an incentive-driven market, where incentives direct you towards greed, what are you to expect?
2007-10-06 12:53:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Surfs? I'd have to say since O'Neils started making surfboards commercially in Santa Cruz California back in the 60's.
2007-10-06 12:59:28 · answer #7 · answered by Noah H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is urgent you go and read:
http://theunjustmedia.com/Banking%20&%20Federal%20Reserve/The%20united%20states%20Of%20America%20%20is%20a%20corporation%20owned%20by%20fore.htm
2014-05-25 06:53:22 · answer #8 · answered by Isabel D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you decided you were too lazy to take life into your own hands and gave your life to a life of corporate servitude.
No one is stopping you from starting your own business and having control of your own life. Millions of American's do it everyday.
2007-10-06 12:52:32 · answer #9 · answered by joe s 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It began with mixing needs with wants.
2007-10-06 13:05:53 · answer #10 · answered by Mitchell 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋