Comments by "andy99ish" (@andy99ish) on "Why Should Everyone Be on Alert for Elon Musk? Explained by Yanis Varoufakis|Diem25" video.

  1. The problem started when lobbying was normalized. Thinking about it I arrive at the conclusion, that it is institutionalized bribery. Or to express that in a more fundamental way - classic political science deals with the rule of physical persons (one, few, many - monarchy, aristocracy, democracy, etc, etc.). Now we accept, that LEGAL persons (corporations) have political rights. The SCOTUS even ruled that they also have rights of free speech. This combined with the power of employment means that an American employer can fire employees for "incorrect" political views. This is now overshadowed by physical persons like Zuckerberg, Musk etc. having extraordinary political power. Yet let's not forget the more basic sins, namely acceptance of lobbying and the elevation of the status of legal persons to quasi physical persons and their right to control political expression of employees.
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