hmm. I think it's fair for stakeholders to provide input on legislation but I think (for example) writing whole bills for congressional actors to rubberstamp & submit seems sketchy and arguably undemocratic.
I would suggest that it's probably a bit hyperbolic to suggest that these corporations have free reign to write whatever they want into the legislation. Typically a lot of the broad themes and provisions of the legislation have already been laid out and a lot of it is at the detail implementation level.
huh? in what way?
certainly not through labor organizing in this country; nor through political representation; nor through our judicial system; nor through what is considered direct action today (boycotts)
a lot of that political thought has been foreclosed on in the hyper-capitalist U.S. whether through blood or legal precedent or just plain statquo args. i'm not sure i agree.
Activist investor groups have had an impact on corporate policy.
how so - I don't know much about activist investor groups
Yeah. Pretty much. Equating corporatism with fascism is fucking ridiculous.
I would suggest that it's probably a bit hyperbolic to suggest that these corporations have free reign to write whatever they want into the legislation. Typically a lot of the broad themes and provisions of the legislation have already been laid out and a lot of it is at the detail implementation level.
Corporations have power because they play the game on both sides.
What’s the plan to change the game that doesn’t include voting for politicians and influencing them?
We are already seeing politicians seek out small donors instead of corporate dollars. That’s because people are speaking up instead of leaving it up to corporate interests.
I think you have the wrong framing here. Both parties are corporate parties. Their electoral strategies are different, but you could more or less describe a Trump presidency like you would a Rubio presidency, with a few minor but significant differences. It’s not wrong to equate both parties when you’re talking about Congress or state houses. It is wrong if your only frame of reference is the 2016 or 2020 or 2024 presidential race.
No, I think the outputs and outcomes are different by some distance. I think the inputs and intents are similar.