snake321 wrote:
pbcoll wrote:
snake321: when has big business st of the white population of the world is descended from some medieval European monarch or other.
Yes, but when have politicians put the interests of big corporations before those of the people on such a massive scale? Since when have the government completely divided america with labels based off fear and hatred as they have now? Since when have corporations been given the secular rights of individuals? You should do your math more.
I mean lets be honest, is your main reason for doubting this because you live in America, and you think that nothing truely bad could ever happen to America because YOU live here?
Actually, I DON'T live in the US, and I'm not American. If you took the trouble to examine things before making up your mind, you would see that my profile clearly states where I live.
In the early days of the US, many states restricted voting rights to property owners, so that the poor were entirely excluded form the political process. Until the early 20th century, senators were appointed by state legislatures, so in those states senators too were exclusively answerable to the rich. During the Gilded Age, there were no anti-monopoly laws, practically no Health & Safety, and no federal income tax (including corporate income tax). So it's a myth that in the past big business was less influential than in the past.
hysterias encouraged by the authorities in the US are nothing new (Salem witch trials, Red scare, etc)
Exactly, do you think they built this in a year? They've been progressing towards this goal for the greater part of the past century. It's worse now by far then it was years ago. Bush gave the companies the rights of individuals. When you've got hundreds of signs showing up, even if you think you've debunked one of them, how would so much come together to still point to the same conclusion?