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Damn, things have changed from the mid-90's. I remember when people who saw themselves as populists actually thought companies like McDonald's were a threat to Democracy. Now, people mock the mechanisms of democracy from protecting themselves from corporations interests.
Originally posted by Jean Paul Zodeaux
reply to post by justadood
Damn, things have changed from the mid-90's. I remember when people who saw themselves as populists actually thought companies like McDonald's were a threat to Democracy. Now, people mock the mechanisms of democracy from protecting themselves from corporations interests.
Most people who advocate free markets are not at all interested in the tyranny of democracy and are much more interested in the rule of law that protects the rights of all individuals. If you are such an opponent of corporatism, then it would be fair to assume that you are putting all the pressure you can on your states attorney general to revoke charters of incorporation to those corporations you believe are a threat to your rights. Of course, my guess is that you're justanotherdood who whines and whines about the corporation but when shown how you can effectively reign in corporations, you'll probably change your tune and begin explaining why corporations are necessary.
Originally posted by The Endtime Warrior
Uh who has the money, the parents or the kids? Ya thats what I thought, what a stupid argument.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
If people don't want McDonalds happy meals for the kiddies, Don't buy them!
Roll your fat butt down to Burger King, Carls Jr, or Jack in the Box.
While I appreciate your baseless and off-topic character assassination attempt, you clearly are glossing-over or entirely missing a few key points; NAmely-I'm not taking to task all 'corporations' as some monolithic entity (as your careful editing of my quote would attempt to suggest).
I'm pointing out that pretending that this sort of legislation if harmful to 'personal liberties' is ABSURD unless you are one who believes that corporations should have the same rights as actual humans.
You would appear to be one of those folks. McDonald's is not your friend.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
If people don't want McDonalds happy meals for the kiddies, Don't buy them!
Roll your fat butt down to Burger King, Carls Jr, or Jack in the Box.
Jack in the Box's success came to a halt in the 1990s because of two main factors: 1) the national recession of 1990-91 (the company suffered an 81 percent decline in net earnings in 1991) and more importantly, the E. coli epidemic of 1993: Four children died and hundreds of others became sick in the Seattle area as well as California, Idaho and Nevada, after eating undercooked and contaminated meat from Jack in the Box. It was the largest and deadliest E. coli outbreak in American history up to that time.
Interesting that you should mention Jack in the Box, they left the State of Michigan years ago because they refused to conform to Michigan's very strick meat laws. I think it was California and also Washington State where people died eating Jack in the Box hamburgers. Good luck if you eat their food.