Marra MorganAmar EpsilonThe Federation and the US are closely resembled, but the difference is that companies only subversively support the politicians in the US. In the Federation, the companies have their own politicians. That would be like voting for the CEO of Walmart, and Walmart being both a company and a political party.
So, are we on the road to that?
I think we already arrived there some time ago!
. And I'm not being sarcastic or cynical. You seem to be one of the few in the posse that has a semblance of humility.Luke3107
We have Trump as President... A businessman... Running an entire country... We've definitely arrived there.
Marra MorganLuke3107
We have Trump as President... A businessman... Running an entire country... We've definitely arrived there.
You can go right back to the 17th century, where the British and Dutch East India Companies and the Hudson Bay Company were effectively the governments of their respective areas of control.
These days, the companies are a little more indirect with their control... election campaigns are sponsored, lobbying has become a profession and retired politicians seem to find their way onto Directorship boards.
As for making a dystopic backdrop for Elite, it's all great! Not so much for real life though.
I saved us a life boat... but in case all the rich people call dibs, I brought this door we could share in freezing cold open waters... just dont hog it.Marra MorganLuke3107
We have Trump as President... A businessman... Running an entire country... We've definitely arrived there.
You can go right back to the 17th century, where the British and Dutch East India Companies and the Hudson Bay Company were effectively the governments of their respective areas of control.
These days, the companies are a little more indirect with their control... election campaigns are sponsored, lobbying has become a profession and retired politicians seem to find their way onto Directorship boards.
As for making a dystopic backdrop for Elite, it's all great! Not so much for real life though.
Isaiah EvansonMarra MorganLuke3107
We have Trump as President... A businessman... Running an entire country... We've definitely arrived there.
You can go right back to the 17th century, where the British and Dutch East India Companies and the Hudson Bay Company were effectively the governments of their respective areas of control.
These days, the companies are a little more indirect with their control... election campaigns are sponsored, lobbying has become a profession and retired politicians seem to find their way onto Directorship boards.
As for making a dystopic backdrop for Elite, it's all great! Not so much for real life though.
I don't think we've reached full dystopia... yet. But the wider the pendulum swings, the lower the blade drops.
Nsite You must live in the US as well
NsiteIsaiah EvansonMarra MorganLuke3107
We have Trump as President... A businessman... Running an entire country... We've definitely arrived there.
You can go right back to the 17th century, where the British and Dutch East India Companies and the Hudson Bay Company were effectively the governments of their respective areas of control.
These days, the companies are a little more indirect with their control... election campaigns are sponsored, lobbying has become a profession and retired politicians seem to find their way onto Directorship boards.
As for making a dystopic backdrop for Elite, it's all great! Not so much for real life though.
I don't think we've reached full dystopia... yet. But the wider the pendulum swings, the lower the blade drops.
It's gonna be so great... so great.. so many new jobs.
SonofMacPhistoThough, I think this is relevant right now, if only to share my soul a bit. Edgar Mitchell said this, about having gone to the Moon and back:
“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.”
Fuck yeah.