Fascism is on the ballot

[David Horn]

(10-20-2020, 05:07 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(10-20-2020, 08:05 AM)David Horn Wrote: The GOP has been in bed with big business since the day it was formed. Big business doesn't need an advocate.  Everyone else does -- especially lower paid employees everywhere.  I know you feel that the GOP represents you, but putting yourself in the same class with the known problem will be a net negative in the future -- one you might not escape.

Once upon a time the Robber Barons were allied with the abolitionists.  For the Industrial Revolution to progress apace, the Robber Barons did need an advocate.  Even today the idea that what is good for General Motors is good for America has merit.  You need a little bit of balance for corporations to counter the working man.  Still, the balance of wealth suggests this balance has been way overdone.

That the elites and the racist have given the conservatives the voting advantage has just about ruined America.  Hopefully that time is about past.

It's hard to argue for government backing of big business when rapacious behavior is endemic.  Power needs to balance power.  There is no "people power" to balance; there's no shortage of corporate power.

At the moment, government is behind the business community 100%.  That has to change -- dramatically.  Ask Thomas Picketty.