Are Corporations Trying to Distract Us with Social Issues While They Take Control of Our Economy?

[bluedeathray]

Good read?

A great read:

http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/are-corporations-trying-distract-us-social-issues-while-they?akid=10667.1077804.bT9Lna&rd=1&src=newsletter865337&t=3

[RevStPatrick]

1. OF COURSE THEY ARE!!!

Sorry to yell, but that's been the case for a while now, and for the most part, people are too stupid to see it...

[LiberalEsto]

6. +1000!

Let's all fight about abortion, women's rights, racism, gay marriage etc. while they rob us and our descendants blind.

[leftyohiolib]

7. ABSOLUTELY - people are so easily led - it's why we never learn

[xtraxritical]

8. It's been going on all my life and I'm old.

[BlueToTheBone]

2. Yes and they're doing a fine job

of keeping us completely in our little world, while they take over the big world.

[Half-Century Man]

3. This just in

No shit

[djean111]

4. Mission accomplished.

Even here, if someone complained about Chained CPI, for instance, the answer was Repeal of DOMA!!!!!! Unicorns! Ponies!
Apples and oranges, but hey it is obviously working.

[bemildred]

5. We should look into that. nt

[HooptieWagon]

9. Without question. Mission accomplished.

We have a democracy where the voters have a choice of voting for a socially conservative corporatist or a socially liberal corporatist. Win-win for corporations. Viva la fascism!

[gopiscrap]

10. Yes

All fucking business is evil..by it's very design it's goal is to screw you out of your money by offering the least costly product to them, at the highest price to you!

[pa28]

11. Yes, and as the piece points out Democratic politicians are helping them.

The actual ballgame has been played and won by the wealthy largely by using social issues as a distraction.

[Brigid]

12. Is this a trick question?

They've been doing it at least since the Reagan years. And it's working like a charm.