United States of Corporations?
Published Sep. 4th 2010 by The Kansas City Star:
President Barack Obama spoke recently about preventing a corporate takeover of our democracy. But the truth is, we’ve been under a corporate take over for a long time. Whether they’ve been doing it openly or indirectly, funneling it through PAC’s etc., corporations have been buying policy in this country for over a century.
By the system’s very nature, to become president in this country you must accumulate such vast quantities of money that you are not exempt from the obligation to some special interest; this includes President Obama.
Democracy in this country is an illusion. Our candidates and policy are chosen for us and we are pacified by voting between two evils every couple years to feel like we are involved. Then, comfortably patronized, we are ignored, dealt with as white noise until the next election.
We must end corporate rule, close the wealth disparity, and reform our system to resemble a real democracy.
