Thom Hartmann: Long live the Oligarchy! & how to fight back

Run time: 12:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juPN5N1kmZA   Posted on YouTube: August 11, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 64   Posted on DU: August 11, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 677

 
David Cobb, MoveToAmend.org joins Thom Hartmann. America is now - demonstrably, as proven by Wisconsin - just a few years away from the possibility of a totally corrupted, totally billionaire- and corporate-controlled political system Political scientists call it oligarchy. The Citizens United election experiment is over - and the oligarchs won. Long live the oligarchy. But before settling into despair - and accepting that American democracy is lost - we need to first ask the question..."is there anything that 'we the people' can do to fight back?" Turns out...there's a lot. All around the country - and likely in your home state - there are movements underway to amend the constitution to strip corporations of their personhood and declare that money is not a form of free speech - essentially overturning the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. So how do we find out more about this - and how do we get involved? Tune in.

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Businesses are groups of people - both hierarchy and rank and file. If money is donated to support a political party by the hierarchy then an equal amount should be donated on behalf of the rank and file!!

corporate leaders do not OWN the company - they are employees of the company.

The Supreme Court is obviously off track. they are voting according to their political affiliation when they should be voting according to the laws of the land!!

Something needs to be done to shake up these people who have been mesmerized by the power they control! Our government is BROKEN!!

A government FOR THE PEOPLE! BY THE PEOPLE

We are in a very dangerous place right at the moment!!! The PEOPLE are not being listened to!!!!

WITHOUT A DOUBT - VOTE THEM OUT!!!! ( EXCEPT BERNIE!!!! YAY)