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Cebu_4_2
26th April 2012, 11:05 AM
Bunch of diagrams at the link, too many to post here:

http://endthelie.com/2012/04/18/18-venn-diagrams-showing-how-corrupted-american-democracy-really-is/#axzz1tAbAr6Uc
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By Madison Ruppert
Editor of [URL="http://endthelie.com/"]End the Lie (http://endthelie.com/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2FEndtheLie.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F04%2FMonsantoVenn.001.j pg&q=90&w=954&zc=1)
This phenomenal series of Venn diagrams shows in painstaking detail just how corrupted our political system in the United States has become.
When I look at the the connections of Goldman Sachs, it makes me wonder how anyone thought that people actually had the brazenness to claim that those pointing out the revolving door between Wall Street and Washington conspiracy theorists.
Thankfully, as is often the case, the so-called “Government Sachs” conspiracy theorists were right all along (http://endthelie.com/2011/11/30/turns-out-the-%E2%80%98government-sachs%E2%80%99-conspiracy-theorists-were-right-all-along/), and when it is laid out as it is above it makes it obvious why this is the case.
These are perfect visual representations of how what should be our government has become a government that serves corporate interests to the detriment of the American people.
Take the White House’s move to block the release of a Monsanto-linked lobbyist’s e-mail (http://endthelie.com/2012/02/21/white-house-blocking-release-of-monsanto-linked-lobbyists-email/), for instance. This is hardly shocking when one considers the numerous connections the global corporation enjoys on Capitol Hill shown above.
Even when the products they are hawking are linked to birth defects (http://endthelie.com/2012/04/12/argentinean-tobacco-farmers-strike-back-against-monsanto-and-tobacco-giants/) and necrosis (http://endthelie.com/2011/07/10/the-worlds-largest-human-experiment-gmos-roundup-and-the-monsanto-monstrosity-part-one-2/), these individuals seem to have no problem with actively circumventing everything democracy is supposed to be in order to pursue their corporate interests.
Just like the thoroughly reprehensible activities of the war profiteers (http://endthelie.com/2011/10/28/war-profiteering-a-cancer-upon-america/) who knowingly profit off of death, destruction and suffering, those who lobby for corporations like Monsanto are actively contributing to the problems of the many for the benefit of the few.
It’s truly disturbing to see all of this laid out in such an easily comprehensible manner, especially when one observes the high level positions many of these individuals either once held or currently hold.
Of course, this is only a small portion of the individuals involved in the widespread corporatist corruption that has infected so much of the United States.
There are countless connections to be explored and exposed, especially those which are thrown right in our faces, as is the case with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) (http://endthelie.com/2012/04/06/more-proof-activism-works-kraft-coca-cola-and-pepsi-all-say-they-will-leave-alec/).
Corporatism, which can also be called crony capitalism, is, in my opinion, one of the most dangerous forces at work in the United States and the world.
It works to turn governments against the people they are supposed to be working for while not only reducing the standard of living for those who aren’t manipulating the system but also destroying the environment for future generations.
The following clip from last year shows Chris Hedges breaking down exactly how destructive corporatism is in America today on RT’s the Alyona Show:
I’d love to hear your opinion, take a look at your story tips, and even your original writing if you would like to get it published. Please email me at Admin@EndtheLie.com

SWRichmond
26th April 2012, 12:02 PM
Fascism is the merging of state and corporate power, wielded against / over the individual.

Surprised, anyone?

jimswift
27th April 2012, 05:22 AM
I don't know the time line on these, but is there a similar set for the last administration as well? It would help to put both side under the umbrella.

palani
27th April 2012, 05:37 AM
Quite a while back (10 - 12 years) there was a web site that allowed you to put in multiple company names and it would show CEO and board of director information for each .. except it did it by diagram ... with lines showing connections created by the people who serve as authorities in multiple corporations.

I have looked for it and it seems to have vanished.

Spectrism
27th April 2012, 05:44 AM
It seems to go back to Reagan on the website.

I recall a spiderweb picture of these kinds of links among companies.... a few years back. That would be interesting to see updated.

jimswift
27th April 2012, 07:30 AM
Quite a while back (10 - 12 years) there was a web site that allowed you to put in multiple company names and it would show CEO and board of director information for each .. except it did it by diagram ... with lines showing connections created by the people who serve as authorities in multiple corporations.

I have looked for it and it seems to have vanished.

Don't know how current, but it gives you an idea of whats going on:

http://www.theyrule.net/


How girthy the individual shows how many additional boards they are on.

Horn
27th April 2012, 07:31 AM
Fascism, Feudalism, and the Future


The words “feudalism” and “fascism” appear so often and are used so loosely in this context that it’s worth remembering that they actually do have exact meanings. Feudalism is a specific form of social organization that springs up in the aftermath of sociopolitical collapse. When central government disintegrates, money economies implode, and pervasive violence is everywhere, one of the few effective responses is a radical decentralization of power that hands control over small regions to magnates who can raise a corps of professional warriors, feed and support it with local agricultural produce, and defend their fiefs against all comers.
http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2007/11/fascism-feudalism-and-future.html