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Annemarie Osborne's avatar

We must absolutely end the corporate control of the government, yet it is difficult to imagine that this would be possible within the current system. Our government is owned and held hostage by corporations, and technology companies that spy on our citizens on behalf of the government; and a judicial system that allows the punishment of whistleblowers. No one from inside this system is likely to disrupt it. We witnessed the democratic party destroying both of Bernie Sander's attempts to run for president, even though he was ahead in the polls. Everyone with eyes to see and ears to hear understands the problem, the real challenge is how to fix it. The system is rigged against the good guys.

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Doug Allanson's avatar

Thankyou Marianne. As an Englishman I am not too qualified to add much to what you say about the USA. But your readers might be aware that in the UK the Tory party is in the process of throttling itself by electing (strictly from its membership, not the general electorate) an ever more absurdly unqualified Prime Minister and in the process increasingly abandoning even the most cursory commitment to providing the country with a health service, with clean water etc etc.

The legacy of Covid and the War in Ukraine of course make it worse but as you say Marianne the unregulated influence of Capital is the root of the problem. Our governments need to grow some courage and some insight.

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