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Comparing Russian influence on a compromised asset to lobbyists is a bit of a reach bud. But you do you!
Wow, wow. Have you seen Erin Brokovich? Do you think corporations have your best interest at heart? Triangle shirtwaist factory? OSHA? Johnson&Johnson gave generations of babies cancer with their talc. Just look up tort reform and tort cases. Watch the documentary Hot Coffee. Watch the documentary The Bleeding Edge about medical devices. How about the Oakville Blob scandal that happened during Clinton's administration? What about social media companies and tech companies and the products they produce? Lead in baby food and Dollar Tree foods. The Nestle baby formula scandal. Thalidomide babies. Glyphosate being a neurotoxin that's permeated our water supply. What about environmental impacts of our companies and how those are genociding more people than actual active war? What about P Diddy and Epstein and all their connections to literal business owners who fund and come up with many policies? Or earth being past 6 of 9 planetary boundaries?
And think about how insurance companies lobbied to prevent Medicare for All policies and the best thing we could get was Obamacare. Or how price gouging has been shown to have happened with current inflation around fucking FOOD prices. Or how fucking taxes and tax breaks work for corporations compared to the rates in the 70s.
Notice how all these things harm the general public? The very people our representatives should represent? Yeah, Dems are shills and have blood on their hands.
They are literally killing us through abusive policies, inaction, medical neglect, starvation, climate change, and mismanagement. The Dems may be less fucked up than others, but they are absolutely fucked up.
Clinton was buddies with Epstein. They are NOT "for the people." They are for the status quo.
Yeah, have you seen one of the most famous cases about companies killing people and not having ypur best interests at heart? Erin Brokovich to this day does this work.
Or if you don't like that point - there's literally dozens of other examples of corporate shittery.
I'm going to guess you're a massive sexist based on the comment you made though.
Okay, cool. So you DO understand why I brought her up in a list about corporations and how they harm the public. She's a great classic example. Glad you admitted many of my examples were classics that would be mentioned in academia because they are notable.
What analysis am I making that is "kindergarten level?" I thought you just said it was college level? Social studies 101, no?
I've existed online for a long time. I used to be afraid to openly be a woman. I know how people treat me when they think I'm a woman versus a man. Yes, you and that other person come across as blatantly sexist. Any time I get unwarranted vitriol, it's pretty obvious because I used to not get it when I was pretending to be a man. I can see how people (including mods on this sub) respond to the men I'm arguing with, give them sooooo much leeway to call me names and argue, but if I fight back and don't act like a submissive woman, they try to punish me to get back in line. Hence why all misogynists are fascists.
Like here. The original commenter asked: "What are Dems shills for?"
I answered - corporations.
Then they wanted to know, essentially, if being a shill for a corporation was as bad as being a shill for a foreign hostile nation (Russia). Ergo, I bring up many notable cases where corporations have harmed people. More Americans have died to corporations than to Russia.
This is just true. So what's so offensive about it you have to malign me?
Hey you're right. Sorry having a bad day. I deleted my comments
Oh wow. Cool. Thank you. Unexpected but appreciated. Hope your day gets better 💛
My profile. My avatar. My username. All grill.
Why did you push back? What was the point of ypur criticism? As I've stated, it was one of several examples that supported my position. That it's a classic example doesn't refute it. So what's so upsetting to you that you have to be hostile?
Saying stuff like "End me," and "Jesus," and "you're juvenile," isn't a position. So ironic how much projection people do - you complain about argumentation and then proceed to comment with 2 terrible arguments that lack any refutations or substance. So yeah, I will assume that the random hostility for no reason is because you have something going on with yourself. It's clearly not about what I actually said. Good luck with that.
Mods, why was this comment removed? It violates no community guidelines.
A mod removed a woman saying no? Really cool
Totally fine so long as it's our rich people who control politicians, just so long as it's not foreign rich people.
Nationalism is a hell of a drug.