If Corporatocracy is the problem, then let's decorporatize...

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[–]thatrightwinger 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Mainstreet Republicans would love laws which decorporatize. The small business has always been the best form of economy, because it keeps the manufacturing and retail as close to the consumer as possible. Were it not for the constant footsie played by massive corporations at the federal level, this would be nearly as bad as it is.

Remove all federal subsidies, and numerous corporations would go bankrupt like magic. Quit giving sweetheart deals to major companies, and if they have to appeal to the consumer, hundreds mid-sized companies will wreck those bigger companies.

Take it further: allow individual states to incorporate banks; bring back savings-and-loan companies; spread power over the economy away from the federal government. Then they won't have the power to reward already monstrous corporations.

Big government isn't the solution to America's problems: big government is the problem.

[–]EddieC[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Mainstreet Republicans would love laws which decorporatize.

Thanks for the great comment
And if you could please click the title, you would see that laws are not necessary to decorporatize - at least, to start off the process ...
 

[–]StillLessons 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The basic idea (large soulless centralized organizations and those who hide behind them are the evil we face) is correct, but you're burying it in jargon. Jargon is a death tool, never leading to anything good.

It's very simple. When offered a national centralized brand (e.g. MacDonalds), reject it. Do not give them business. Instead find your random local guy burger and give them your business. Do this in all transactions where possible. Where not possible, we need to get creative and figure out how to re-take control from the national brands that have literally eliminated ALL local alternatives.

[–]EddieC[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The basic idea (large soulless centralized organizations and those who hide behind them are the evil we face) is correct, but you're burying it in jargon. Jargon is a death tool, never leading to anything good.

I came from Twitter, hence the brevity.
And if you would click the title, you would see there is more to decorporatize than just who we buy from...