Ex-politicians tell the truth

[RGacky3]

Its funny its always older EX-politicians that come out being honest (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/23/business-government-corporate-control_n_933581.html). Its always older ex politicians pointing out its a sham, that corporations run the show and so on, but its refreshing to hear the truth, you also almost always see them move to the left when they leave government/corporations.

[DarkPast]

Yeah, guess they're too afraid to speak out while still in power. It's a vicious circle really - politicians can't be elected without corporate support, and they lose that support if they speak out the corporations.

And it's not just politicians. Have you heard of USMC general Smedley Butler? Google him, it's really worth it - he explains just how profitable imperialist wars are to corporations and capitalists. They sure don't teach about him in school - what a coincidence. :rolleyes:

EDIT: Here's a good comment on that article you linked:

I yearn for leadership in all branches of government that protects and defends living, breathing human beings' needs and interests instead of legal fictions (corporati­ons) that, if they were people, would be diagnosed as sociopathi­c character disorders.

Back at the founding of the the US, a corporatio­n's charter was required to be dissolved after 40 years, so suspicious and cautious were the earliest Americans about corporatio­ns.

Now, corporatio­ns are immortal, which is another abzurdity about their being considered 'persons' under the law.

Following the reducto ad absurdum of corporatio­ns as people, if you look at them as people, the vast majority of them could be diagnosed as sociopaths­. They're completely self-absor­bed, their only motivation is profit and destroying competitio­n (other corporatio­ns or by the same legal definition other people), they have no conscience­, no capacity for empathy. The only time they do something that could be construed as generous or for the greater good is when their consultant­s tell them it's good for business. It's like they display all of the lower qualities of human beings - greed avarice predatory nature. The same behavior in a flesh and blood human being would elicit cries of shame in the community and considered appalling, but somehow it's just fine for a corporatio­n to behave that way. And they can't be criminally prosecuted­.

We're not going to get the kind of leadership to end this travesty from either the Democratic or Republican parties.