of corporations . . . and they've taken massive steps in that direction . . .
this is precisely the opposite of what is needed . . . if we don't restore citizen authority over corporations, none of our other problems will ever be solved . . . because corporate capitalism, in its current form, is largely responsible for EVERY major problem we face today . . . for example . . .
corporations that make ghastly profits from the Iraq war -- and from increasing oil prices . . .
corporations that pollute the air, water and land with no regard for the environment or for the future . . .
corporations that cavalierly move jobs overseas to increase shareholder profits, regardless of the impact on American workers . . .
corporations that create all kinds of new chemical compounds that pollute the environment and cause diseases like cancer . . .
corporations that degrade the food supply with genetically modified crops . . .
corporations that overfish the oceans to the point of destroying fish stocks . . .
corporations that endanger consumers through horrific factory farming practices . . .
corporations that make healthcare in the U.S. the most expensive and inefficient of any developed nation . . .
corporations that literally (and secretly) control the voting process and, more importantly, the vote counting process by which we "elect" our leaders . . .
corporations that write the laws "regulating" their own industries in ways that pretty much allow them to do whatever they wish in pursuit of bigger profits . . .
and on, and on, and on . . .
unless we recognize how toxic the current system of corporate capitalism is, and take drastic steps to reign it in by strictly regulating corporations, their behavior, and their profits, the problems we face today will seem like mere annoyances in future decades . . .
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