Jeff Bezos Steps Down as Amazon’s CEO After 27 Years

This is an example of the intellectual honesty that is presented in this sort of source:

> Who knows what this corporate-speak really means, but in all probability it heralds the big time introduction of GM soya in southern Africa.

And their smokin gun? An insignificant investment of 20M dollars from the Gates Foundation on Cargill.

If you really intend to sell your conspiracy theories as something somewhat credible, you should start by addressing the sources you pick to base your wild claims on.

I think history shows that being passive seldom gives you any rewards, when looking at people grouped by ethnicity, class, gender, etc. No matter what you think of the worker's movements, they did produce unions that did bring huge benefits like vacation, paid parental leave, etc. Especially in Europe. This is an example of being "active" as a group towards another group, and then reaping some benefits from that.

I think we have seen a huge decline in activity from workers as a group, and an equal push of activity from big companies. Couple that with hugely increased globalization etc, and you soon get large factories where people piss in jugs while hoping to not get caught emptying their bladder without registering for taking a break, and it is going to get worse until some group actively decides to do something about this.

Maybe it brings power and control, maybe it doesn’t. The two are not intrinsically linked.

There are people far more poor, and far more powerful than me in our current system.

Honestly? To maintain the value of our currency. The threat of Countries (looking at you Saudi Arabia) bailing on the so called "petro dollar" have caused our leaders to make terrible choices (like bombing the hell out of Yemen for decades). We are so scared of what would happen to our currency if the petro dollar went away we are basically a mercenary force to foreign countries.

> What you're seeing is the result of giant capitalist corporations producing weapons, logistics, etc. that have enough power to parasitize the government.

This is the symptom, not the disease. The problem isn't "giant capitalists" are producing weapons, it is that a market even exits for them.

>I think a better way to look at it is that we live in a capitalism+democratic system and that combined system clearly has some significant structural flaws. If we don't look at our government and private sector systems holistically and fix those flaws relatively soon, we won't have to, because they will have made the world uninhabitable for most humans.

I agree wit you on this.

I think a better way to look at it is that we live in a capitalism+democratic system and that combined system clearly has some significant structural flaws. If we don't look at our government and private sector systems holistically and fix those flaws relatively soon, we won't have to, because they will have made the world uninhabitable for most humans

I couldn't agree with more and as a libertarian leaning centrist I wish I could blast this into every voter's mind.

As long as we have a corporate capture of the government, increased intervention and micromanagement of private markets will only exacerbate the problem (via regulatory capture, too big to fail, command economy, ect). There is no workable alternative to capitalism, but there is clear alternative to corrupt government.

Every problem with the system has a simple market solution which could be implemented with a government less susceptible to corporate influence.

Military budget too large > pass lower spending bills

Healthcare too expensive > allow Medicare to set prices based on health benefit.

Climate change > require goods & corporations to include costs of carbon remediation

As long as corporations exist, they will have incentives misaligned with the general public. Aligning corporate interest with that of society is impossible, so the only solution is to firewall government