How is a hostile corporate takeover like a military coup?

[Skidmore]

America has the MBA administration. They were not elected but came into power through a hostile takeover, and ensconced a CEO of their choosing. The other branches of government are acting like a protective Board of Directors and the military enforces their bad decisions. Now its all about marketing and selling product. How do you bring something like that down, you DUers who have corporate/business ed backgrounds? What do we know about the business model for corporate takeovers that can be used against them?

[Tace]

1. Buy A Controlling Interest In The Company

It could be as little as a few percent in a really big company with a lot of shareholders.

On Edit: I'm NOT an MBA or a sucessful businessperson. And I don't think I answered your question.

[Qibing Zero]

2. I think the answer is as simple as money.

Money and politics mixing can never be a good thing for the people - ever. It's really sad how much impact advertising seems to have on people. In an ideal political situation, the candidates would have their viewpoints and abilities presented on a national scale, without bias, in form of a debate or something, and then voting would take place. No ad campaigns, no endorsements, none of that mess. And don't even get me started on lobbyists. Ugh.

On edit: Nothing can be done unless you have the money to match them. Revolution's our only hope!

[teryang]

3. The large shareholders have to revolt

If you are not a large shareholder you have no say in the matter.

It is only when the defective products of the corporation begin injuring the personal interests of the large shareholders that the corporate leadership is severely sanctioned or jettisoned.

Any of the corporate elite families, who see opportunity in the populist revulsion of the present moment, need to step forward. I don't see any takers. Does anyone else?

Purportedly, large red state corporate interests will suffer from damages to the port complexes in NO. However, in my estimation these interests play second fiddle to the financial sector and the energy sector which are the bush domestic base along with the trillion dollar defense industry contractors. If the latter hold their ground, with their recent huge infusions of capital they should be able to do so, the red state industries will just have to suffer along with the rest of us.

[OneGrassRoot]

4. I like this line of thinking - kick........n/t