Reply #41: It has to be both government AND public values [View All]

[Armstead]

I agre with most of what you said.

However, there is a whole otehr piece that is probably more important than government. That is what we the people are willing to put up with or support. That has more to do with a combination of perceptions of self-interest, altruism and what works best for a healthy economy and society.

As long as the values of Corporate Feudalism are able to outshout otehr values, the political process will continue to devolve, which will accelerate the continued demise of government as a counterbalance.

In otehr words, the public as consumers and workerts -- and the decent people who work in corporations -- have to demand better in terms of voluntary economic morality by the corporate sector to both support government and reduce the need for intrusive regulations.