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In reply to the discussion: This is not about Obama or Snowden, this is about the corporate takeover of our democracy [View all]ReRe
(10,597 posts)K&R
... but I thought I had figured it all out. Then came the 2000 election and the 8 horrid years that followed. Then came Sept 2008, when the global economy turned belly-up, all because of Wall Street. All because of our economic system. And now, at long long last, the secrecy & money issue has boiled to the surface. You're right, Bjorn Against, the elephants in the room are The Corporation, the Secrecy Machine. Ike warned us of the MIC on his way out, but he was ignored. And here we are. The summer of 2013. Our Democracy and economy has gone to hell in a hand basket and even the President of the United States is powerless to change it, no matter who he/she might be, and Congress is bought and paid for by The Corporation and doing its bidding. We CAN NOT fall for the divide and conquer. We are all in the same boat.