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Forum Post: The Rise of Corporate Tyrrany!

Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 18, 2011, 1:50 p.m. EST by thenextsteps (21)
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6205149

I cannot take credit for this at all but would like to share a quote from this mans great article! He shows in the above article link how This nation and our founding fathers where and would still be against the influence corporations have on not just our country but on the entire world and how even the constitution outlined how wrong it is.

In 1886 "corporations finally claimed the full rights enjoyed by individual citizens while being exempted from many of the responsibilities and liabilities of citizenship. Furthermore, in being guaranteed the same right to free speech as individual citizens, they achieved, in the words of Paul Hawken, "precisely what the Bill of Rights was intended to prevent: domination of public thought and discourse." The subsequent claim by corporations that they have the same right as any individual to influence the government in their own interest pits the individual citizen against the vast financial and communications resources of the corporation and mocks the constitutional intent that all citizens have an equal voice in the political debates surrounding important issues."

Corporations have been slowly taking over our nation since the 1800's and have now complete dominance in all aspects including politics, the nation is not run by our elected officials but by the corporations that can pay our representatives the most money! Reclaim America! Reclaim your voice! Reclaim the world!

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[-] 1 points by thenextsteps (21) 13 years ago

Perhaps the greatest threat to freedom and democracy in the world today comes from the formation of the unholy alliances between government and business. This is not a new phenomenon. It used to be called fascism… The outward appearances of the democratic process are observed, but the powers of the state are diverted to the benefit of private interests.

Says it all.