Reply #45: how about this? [View All]

[Aragorn]

Let's not treat it as if we were at war against corporate interests. (We are of course but they have all the bullets and stuff.) Let's treat it as if we were in a Great Depression. (Not much of a leap.)

If enough people stood up to corporate interests (oops, sounds like Nader) we would use proven effective tactics like general strikes, and we would win.

Since many corporations use financial leverage to prevent strikes, including the threat to send our jobs somewhere else, we would likely have even more hardship. We would have to HELP EACH OTHER. I can tell you, and history can tell you, this would lead to harsher tactics from the corporate masters.

One explanation for the current recession/depression is that corporations squeezed us too dry. And we let the governments bail them out while we get s****** again? And then bash one of the few people who helped citizens win a few battles against corporations?

Come on, we already have enough healthcare - not enough people get sick to shut businesses down, right? Apply that logic to any other social issue and see what you get.