Have multi-national corporations taken over the US government?
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Yes they have. And in the words of Benito\n\n"Fascism should be called Corporatism because it is a merger of Business and Government"\n\nHitler, Mussolini, and Franco all privatized the major business sectors in there countries.\n\nThey right wing has been pushing for privatization for the last 50 years at least.\n\nDo the Math.
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China has already taken over they have been buying American bonds for years and, in theory, they own our country.\n\nYou can fool some people some time but, you can't fool all people all the time.  The world has caught on to the trickory. and if the U.S. don't capitalise on their new scam of the global marketplace, the only thing that may save us is that our government wants to rule at all cost.  And that my not be a good thing.
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America doesn't hate other nations, while there are most certainly elements in America that are, in fact, quite xenophobic. \n\nThe United Staes seldom lives up to it's ideals, of liberty and justice - but we try.\n\nInternational corporations have outspent your typical American in every election since 1980.\n\nThese corporations are not democratic in nature (what boardroom ever was?), and it now appears that freedom in America is dead.\n\nBut the American people always do what's right in the long run...  we always do.
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You ask the question with the premise that main-stream media isn't corporate controlled by a few individuals with specific interests.  The media isn't "regurgitating" propoganda, it is creating it wholesale.  Our media conglomerates were quietly de-regulated in 1981 and can no longer be considered "independent" news sources.  Couple this with the fact that, by and large, popular press has ALWAYS been about selling newspapers, ad space, etc.\n\nIf you want a real clue as to what is happening you must unfortunately do your own research, which means cracking a real 1st-tier history book.
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Here is the problem... "HOW".\n\nDo you honestly think that big corporate interests would allow the possibility that our government would be changed?  \n\nOur current system of government exists for the benefit of big business.  Corporate welfare runs this country.  Any attempt to change this government runs the risk that:\n\n1.  the new government could be potentially unstable.  Not good for investment.  Our economy would have severe problems.\n\n2.  how would we decide on a new form of government?  We would never be able to agree on anything as a population\n\n3.  So "who" would decide if we can't?  Big Business!  They would step in and we would create a government even more corrupt than before!\n\n4.  Reality:  The average American prefers safety and security.  I doubt that they would be interested in eliminating the current government.  I imagine that most would actively fight to keep the old one.  Look at the rampant scandals currently going on... and a significant portion of the population still supports their actions!\n\n5.  The media.  If you actually managed to start a grass-roots effort to oust the government and form a new one... how will you communicate your messages nationwide?  When Ross Perot ran for President, he HAD TO SUE to get his commercials on the air!!!  Do you honestly think that the media corporations would allow such a movement to gain significant steam?\n\nI applaud your enthusiasm... I recommend voting your conscience (i.e. vote for a third party) in future elections and spread your message to friends and neighbors.  However, I think that corporations have replaced human beings as the dominant life-form on this planet.
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We are.  The law states that corporations are citizens with all the rights that go with that.  Corporations may have organs, but none of them is a heart, a brain, a lung, or a soul.  We need to refine our laws so that this inequivalence is reflected in our law, and we can hold corporations as accountable as our human citizens.  Aside from that, there will probably always be some crime among humans, and likewise crime among corporations.
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The power had to shift eventually!The U.S.has been running things for about 2 hundred years.Those other nations are acient,1000's of years old .So they don't like being pushed by an infant nation!But we can compete if we start putting more money into education,in small businesses,and start producing products that will out compete their competitors in the global market.
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Not any more , they are all in bed with large Corporations . Let's see how fast can we change the laws to suite them . Don't step on Corp toes , they might not fund our reelection !!!!!!!
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Many free-marketeers forget that corporations are government creations and although are treated as "legal persons", they have rights and powers beyond human beings, including limited liability for illegal and/or destructive actions.  Even libertarians and anarcho-capitalists want to limit or eliminate corporate charters.  Ultimately, it is our and our governments fault and responsibility.  I hope it's not too late.
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Everything done by the US Government is protection of some capitalist interest or another. The Cold War, Iraq, The Gulf War, and the Bay of Pigs invasion are all examples of that. The people dont run the USA, the large corporations do.\n\n\npeace
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You HAVE noticed it is not about countries anymore, have you?\n\nThe U.S. is not competing with anyone. Big corporations - with support from free market governments - have allowed China to set the world standards of cost and quality of many INDUSTRIAL products and of employee productivity in general. Other economies will suffer for this. \n\nChina is now the Latin America and the Southeast Asia of the 70's and 80's and 90's. Why would the government of a free market country want to kill the golden goose of modern day industrial corporations?\n\nI think you should be more concern with China having so much interest in U.S. treasury bills!!!   50%, my friend.
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No. Different places, and different countrys have had many inovations in management.\n\nSome companies have gone to a Japaneese style. Some believe in Taylor, or carrot and stick, or drum and rope, Goldratt, etc. All of these styles and more are being used. \n\nManagement is a study, and some companies use workers like lab rats, some are great places to work, and still others treat their employees like monkeys.\n\nIn the US, the Union gained acceptance, forcing change. It is an interesting field, but takes a lot of reaserch.
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It would have to be Zionists and Jews capitalists who run Ur country (US). Ignore these stupid comments! Microsoft is not the biggest corporation in the world. The others such as Toyota, Davine, GM etc. are. The Switzerland banks are more power full. Who runs our world? capitalists! not "Bill gates" as a principle answer. of course  doesn't have any thing to do with the world!\n\nHaliberton, Dick Cheny, etc do these make sense?!
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Its not that the US is nessasarily becoming a thrid world nation its that certain aspects of our society are being broken down such as the middle class and public education funding from the state and federal governments. However other things have become more secure and efficient in the Private Sector and our govenment is making it so our economy has less control which is common in Tiger Countries
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Corporate America of course!! Not Only IN US of A .It is same every where. In any country , and in any form of Govt. The rich only rules. As wealth is created by corporates- with  accompanying power they influence elections directly or indirectly and play major role in all major decisions of any govt.They do this all the time as their stake is very high.
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A national corporation does business throughout a country. It can be publicly or privately held. A private company is privately held, not owned by stockholders. There's really no way to compare the two.
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Yes I do, and so did the founding fathers.  It's all a part of our separation of powers in the US Government.