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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Shadow government
« on: May 18, 2019, 01:57:10 PM »
Let's talk holding companies and venture capital. There are conglomerates out there that make nothing themselves and whose sole purpose to to own stock in other companies, and it is those companies that produce the front-of-house products that the general population gets to see and use. You never get to see or hear about any of those companies, they are the man behind the curtain, but they often have a significant say in the runnings of the companies you do hear about. Most of the time if you object to a business decision on the part of the company, then the CEO of that company is not the one to blame. Real life isn't like a movie where the CEO walks into the board room and has total control, they are at the mercy of their investors and are very limited in what they would be permitted to do, and might be made to act a certain way in the interests of those shareholders. The people with the power are the ones a layer behind the company you think you're buying from.
Corporations are the most powerful entities in the modern world. By lobbying alone they have more say in the creation of rules and laws than the average person on the street, and so those laws are created not to reflect the public interest, but the interest of those companies. What does it say when you cannot even be sure who it is that was in charge of the funding? It isn't the company, it is the company that holds the reins of the one in the public eye. Laws are made at the whim of those in the shadows, acting through shells and stock to lobby and create. The government controls nothing, it is a tool, people manipulated to do as others wish. Supposedly it is the voters but in truth it is not, it is the shadows.
Corporations are the most powerful entities in the modern world. By lobbying alone they have more say in the creation of rules and laws than the average person on the street, and so those laws are created not to reflect the public interest, but the interest of those companies. What does it say when you cannot even be sure who it is that was in charge of the funding? It isn't the company, it is the company that holds the reins of the one in the public eye. Laws are made at the whim of those in the shadows, acting through shells and stock to lobby and create. The government controls nothing, it is a tool, people manipulated to do as others wish. Supposedly it is the voters but in truth it is not, it is the shadows.