"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed."
-- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864
via ratical.org
Lincoln foresaw corporations "enthroned" and fond of re-writing the laws defining their existence: in 1864!
As long as we continue to participate in and support this greedy-corrupt system, we are nearly as much to blame as the corporate whores who own you and everybody and everything else.
How many more massive disasters by corporations, from Wall St to the Banks to BP in the Gulf, before we realize this is not working. Big business is not working and Government should not keep protecting them.
We need a shift in consciousness.
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