What makes both governments and
business respond is organized, effective social action by the masses.
E.g., on a small scale when tuna companies were using certain netting
practices that also killed large numbers of dolphins people boycotted
tuna. It had a dramatic effect on their bottom line so that major
companies quit doing and even advertised on their product
dolphin-safe. But on a massive scale this last election demonstrated
it much more emphatically. The Republicans had and continue to have a
concerted campaign to disenfranchise minorities, the elderly and the
youth, aka those who vote for the Democrat Party.* But this just
served to activate these groups, along with a huge progressive ad
campaign of its own, to ensure these constituents had the proper
registration, get them to the polls and have them stand in line for
up to 12 hours. It was a massive demonstration of how the people can
overcome the enormous financial effort that went in to stopping their
votes.
So as to what can get big business and
government to change, the people can. What makes the former
inadequate is the status quo, since they reap the benefits of
increased power and money. But when they suck up so much of that that
not only is there no surplus for the rest but woefully inadequate
crumbs leftover starvation of both food and personal power get us off
of our assess and into the streets. Inronically its the very greed of
the power brokers that have as usual created such a drastic disparity
in wealth distribution that the folk will gather up their pitchforks
and retaliate, much like in the story of Frankenstein. Corporate
capitalism, including the revolving government door that supports it,
are this Frankenstein and their only motivation is when we come
calling en masse with the pitchforks.
And lest I go on some NSA watchlist
combing through meta-data, I mean metaphorically that we will
activate via non-violent, peaceful demonstation and the kind of
political action aforementioned that re-elected Obama. Despite how
the the corporate-government capitalists have plotted and executed
the disempowerment of the people we've proven time and again that
when properly motived, as we are now after heinous abuse, we are an
unstoppable force for human rights and dignity. Workers unite! We
shall prevail once again, but only if you get up, stand up, stand up
for your rights.**
* And male no mistake, their agenda is
not about preventing voter fraud, which has proven time and again to
be a red
herring. ALEC is behind this legislative assault and has openly
admitted its true agenda.
** See this
video.
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