I Don't Care Too Much for Money, Money Can't Buy My Vote

[dsummoner]

In a specific corporation, the models now say the "adult" phase is impermanent. Meaning maintaining share, maintaining status quo, is not sustainable. Grow, cash out, partner, enter new markets--you get the drill. So the Corp recycles back to a pre-adult stage or commits suicide in a sense. Or maybe becomes an organ donor in some.... oh this is silly.

Such is but the larval stage of development with the particular instar within the larval stage definable by what I suspect would be strict quantitative metrics regarding market share, capitalization, etc. The glorious adult stage of development, however, is that of corporatism or economic fascism (depending on one's particular terminological persuasion), which is preceded by the pupal stage of transformation and which the corporate person and government meld into one (a rather unpleasant picture comes to mind of Lloyd Blankfein as 'Buffalo Bill').

[ms maggie]

Such is but the larval stage of development with the particular instar within the larval stage definable by what I suspect would be strict quantitative metrics regarding market share, capitalization, etc. The glorious adult stage of development, however, is that of corporatism or economic fascism (depending on one's particular terminological persuasion), which is preceded by the pupal stage of transformation and which the corporate person and government meld into one (a rather unpleasant picture comes to mind of Lloyd Blankfein as 'Buffalo Bill').

You seem to be trying to describe a collective, systemic evolution, I specifically spoke to the individual corporation, irrespective of faddish notions of fascism.

You really need to pick up a Hemingway piece and study the elegance and power of simplicity. Any sophomore with a thesaurus can obsfucate-- and to what end? There is something masturbatory at play--satisfying yr own needs, no concern for the reader.

Try this: after you type in something, go back and shorten it by just a bit--start with excessive jargon and tired phrases--scum, fascism etc. Keep the meaning, lose the flaccid oratory.

I hope this makes sense, am operating on no sleep, long story.

[dsummoner]

You seem to be trying to describe a collective, systemic evolution, I specifically spoke to the individual corporation, irrespective of faddish notions of fascism.

You really need to pick up a Hemingway piece and study the elegance and power of simplicity. Any sophomore with a thesaurus can obsfucate-- and to what end? There is something masturbatory at play--satisfying yr own needs, no concern for the reader.

Try this: after you type in something, go back and shorten it by just a bit--start with excessive jargon and tired phrases--scum, fascism etc. Keep the meaning, lose the flaccid oratory.

I hope this makes sense, am operating on no sleep, long story.

The florid verbosity keeps the less worthy, the obfuscated, at bay. The proud; the few; the ones that can grasp the meaning of the complexity of expression, are the ones worthy of engagement in discourse that is both challenging and dispositive (the latter applicable one particular subset of one's goals in involvement herein).

To the case in point, one may use the synonym of corporatism, if such a synonym is more to one's liking. The adult stage of the individual corporate person, irrespective of the potential attainment of adulthood of the entire cohort under consideration, was the point of consideration. Only a few corporate persons can reach adulthood. The predicate to pupal transformation by means of melding with government, requires the marshaling of extensive resources - both capital and political.

[songfourone]

you have to count all the money, not just what the campaigns raised....

the fact that the pubbies didn't win is heartening in one respect-- people with money haven't quite bought the political system just yet, just ask Rove, McMahon and Whitman...hopefully when Obama fills the upcoming Supreme Court slots, he'll appoint justicies that understand we the people does not include corporations...

it is time to institute real campaign reform....

before someone with a lot of money does buy an election.


Great post!

[SemiAuto]

yes corporations are made up of we the people who can vote..corporations are inanimate objects...people vote...inanimate objects don't...is that concrete enough for ya? want to one step further, we the people who belong to an inanimate corporation, are not all from the same part of the political spectrum...giving inanimate objects the ability to prop up only one side means the inanimate object is not speaking for me, but has more access and power...got is figured out yet?

the issue is allowing inanimate objects to buy influence is what leads to the spending problem..of course you'll deny that because you won't accept the fact that inanimate objects enjoy for more because they can purchase the rule makers....got it yet?

like I said, campaign reform is the answer, but apparently you can't quite deal with an apolitical solution because you haven't removed your partisan glasses yet....you are one of those "we the people types" as long as YOU get what you want....

I get it. Your solution to corruption in Washington is to attack the 1st Amendment.