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LymphocyteLover

(8,969 posts)
1. it's all very sickening, and corps that are clearly collaborating with the fascists should be avoided
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 07:42 AM
Sep 18

at all costs.

Johnny2X2X

(23,537 posts)
2. Fascism is a dictatorship of corporations
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 08:38 AM
Sep 18

This is not surprising, the corporatists are the fascists.

wiggs

(8,535 posts)
4. Not only has industry been 'captured' via threats and carrots...but by their nature large corporations have come to
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 10:12 AM
Sep 18

behave in a sociopathic manner all by themselves. Profit, especially short term profit, rules. Initally, US corporations were allowed to exist only for the benefit of the people. Got out of hand fast...

Some time ago IIRC, approx 2/3 of the world's largest economies were corporations. And their money is free speech. And bribing is legal.

HAB911

(10,054 posts)
5. And this is why
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 07:19 AM
Sep 19

Disney's CEO, Bob Iger, seems like the kind of person who could withstand a barrage from Trump because he is a billionaire in his own right. Michael Wolff framed Iger's response as a pragmatic business decision.

"He realizes that the ire of Donald Trump will be bad for business, and, therefore, we submit to that," Wolff said. "There are many other stakeholders in a media company, and they have to maintain credibility. If you lose that, then you lose the store, would have been the old rationale on this."

EXACTLY WHY A CORPORATION WILL PUT YOU IN A GAS CHAMBER BEFORE IT WILL BUCK THE SYSTEM.

https://www.rawstory.com/michael-wolff-2674008601/

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