Democracy

[SDHornet]

And they were challenged by things like the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, or the New Deal, or the Revolutionary War.

What's a greater threat to our Republic? The megacorps or the government itself?

And therein lies the rub.

[SDHornet]

This dovetails in nicely with our conversation about what is a Democracy

Well given what is going on in China and the coronavirus, safe to say letting a strong centralized government handle these kinds of things isn't going well either.

[AZGrizFan]

That changed nothing. Merely codified it.

"Merely" codified it? I think thats a pretty big deal - an official statement of GAME OVER from the government to the governed.

"merely" may not have been the right choice of words.

Bottom line--not much changed, other than government acknowledgement of something that's been occurring for decades.

[houndawg]

"Merely" codified it? I think thats a pretty big deal - an official statement of GAME OVER from the government to the governed.

"merely" may not have been the right choice of words.

Bottom line--not much changed, other than government acknowledgement of something that's been occurring for decades.

I agree - I'm just saying that making our oligarchy officially the law of the land is a big deal even if its only recognizing the status quo

[JohnStOnge]

This dovetails in nicely with our conversation about what is a Democracy

Well given what is going on in China and the coronavirus, safe to say letting a strong centralized government handle these kinds of things isn't going well either.

I actually heard the opposite take on NPR. The take there is that the Chinese government learned its lesson from SARS and is doing a good job of containing the situation.

[kalm]

This dovetails in nicely with our conversation about what is a Democracy

Well given what is going on in China and the coronavirus, safe to say letting a strong centralized government handle these kinds of things isn't going well either.

True.

And don’t forget, when there’s profit involved healthy patients ain’t good for business either. Now...please avoid fat, drink your milk, make sure you have loads of grains and we’ll put a little sugar or corn syrup on everything to make it go down better.

[AZGrizFan]

"merely" may not have been the right choice of words.

Bottom line--not much changed, other than government acknowledgement of something that's been occurring for decades.

I agree - I'm just saying that making our oligarchy officially the law of the land is a big deal even if its only recognizing the status quo

Agreed....not a good trend for sure.

[houndawg]

I agree - I'm just saying that making our oligarchy officially the law of the land is a big deal even if its only recognizing the status quo

Agreed....not a good trend for sure.

Yes, I warned you about that back when Citizens United passed.

[SDHornet]

Well given what is going on in China and the coronavirus, safe to say letting a strong centralized government handle these kinds of things isn't going well either.

I actually heard the opposite take on NPR. The take there is that the Chinese government learned its lesson from SARS and is doing a good job of containing the situation.

I highly doubt that. Speculation is that this thing started a few weeks ago and the government really didn't take it serious until it got fairly widespread which of course means it was too late. Also this is a communist government we're talking about that is releasing info. Yeah, no reason to give it too much credibility.

[Ivytalk]

I actually heard the opposite take on NPR. The take there is that the Chinese government learned its lesson from SARS and is doing a good job of containing the situation.

I highly doubt that. Speculation is that this thing started a few weeks ago and the government really didn't take it serious until it got fairly widespread which of course means it was too late. Also this is a communist government we're talking about that is releasing info. Yeah, no reason to give it too much credibility.

Agreed. NPR is dominated by ChiComm sympathizers.

And Democrats.

[AZGrizFan]

Agreed....not a good trend for sure.

Yes, I warned you about that back when Citizens United passed.

Thank you Nostradumbass. Virtually every poster on this board was against it....but somehow YOU'RE the genius.

[Ivytalk]

Yes, I warned you about that back when Citizens United passed.

Thank you Nostradumbass. Virtually every poster on this board was against it....but somehow YOU'RE the genius.

What’s this “virtually” shit? I was for it.

[AZGrizFan]

Thank you Nostradumbass. Virtually every poster on this board was against it....but somehow YOU'RE the genius.

What’s this “virtually” shit? I was for it.

Well I was going to say "literally", but that would imply that 100% of the posters were against it. "Virtually" gives me some wiggle room. Just a "skosh" though. A "smidge". "Figuratively" speaking, of course.