Thom Hartmann's History of SCOTUS' Contribution to Corporatism's Eventual Betrayal of Democracy

[ancianita]

Thom Hartmann's book (written in 2010, no less!) is Unequal Protection -- How Corporations Became 'People' -- and How You Can Fight Back, is the clearest, most understandable history I've ever read on the subject. It should be required reading for all vote-eligible Americans taught in every American History class in the country.



That Cenk Uygur appreciates Hartmann's history speaks well of him. And frankly, I've never thought well of Uygur.

With SCOTUS being part of the 2.5 branches that have been bought by domestic and international personal fictionhoods (who can donate in our presidential elections through dark money law), our half of the First Branch that now fights to keep a nation of laws, not of men, is the only thing that stands between us and the fascism that corporatists and their current WH tool will establish.

Hartmann: "The Founders would have impeached this guy, Trump, within seconds..."

Hartmann is correct: SCOTUS will be key in allowing an "emergency" and take us directly into corporate fascism.

[Ahpook]

1. Scary stuff

They are the the ultimate linchpin. I hope they do their jobs through this mess.

Anyway, I do love Hartmann, but his show is riddled with as much or more commercial time as show time. The other XM jocks on progressive do not seem to have the same problem

So freaking annoying

[ancianita]

2. Read the book I recommended to see how much clearer, better a writer he is than a speaker.

Seriously. His book is that good.

But humans are going to have to face corporate power. The Tea Party faced the East India Company who ran the tax system in England; the civil war was fought to throw off corporate slavery; world wars were fought to re-establish democratic governments over fascist corporatism.

We're going to have to see how corporations are running everything. Everything. Just letting us play our little democracy games.

Hartmann's book will awaken us to what we really have to do. Some in our Congress know right now, but their hands are tied without greater public pressure to do something about SCOTUS and corporate personhood.