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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe big multinationals are nothing better than World Class Crooks.
Why the fuck else would they be so hell-bent on convincing us that Governments (OUR cops) are the bad guys?
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The big multinationals are nothing better than World Class Crooks. (Original Post)
annabanana
Jul 2012
OP
Especially with the corporate setup, where the boards and Ceo all agree to increase their...
dmosh42
Jul 2012
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htuttle
(23,738 posts)1. While the mob might steal millions, banksters steal billions
Not only is the ongoing larceny of an unprecedented scale, they've managed to convince most of us that it's how the system is supposed to work.
Capone, Lansky, Gambino, Gotti, et al -- petty thieves by comparison.
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)3. You'll like this, from 2009:
annabanana
(52,791 posts)4. ^^ +1, good one. . .n/t
dmosh42
(2,217 posts)2. Especially with the corporate setup, where the boards and Ceo all agree to increase their...
pay and benefits, without any oversight by stockholders. We used to call them 'crooks', but now the 'dumb' see them as celebrities!
libodem
(19,288 posts)5. Truer words were never typed in cyberspace
Hubaduh, hubaduh. (bows and scrapes)
msongs
(67,413 posts)6. because governments and corporations coordinate and assist each other in crookery? nt
annabanana
(52,791 posts)7. They sure do when the corporations are done with them..
And they are pretty much "done with" ours.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)8. kr