• Rooskie91@discuss.online
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    7 months ago

    Strengthen governments? Corporations have been specifically sowing distrust in government so that they can convince voters to weaken regulations and vote against their own interests. How are corporations strengthening governments when they benefit from weak government?

    • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      Corporations benefit from Capitalist governments. Larger Capitalists benefit when it is more difficult to compete, such as with strong IP laws or high startup costs, giving them free reign for monopoly.

      They also love large militaries, as the MIC makes a ton of money off the suffering of people worldwide.

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      7 months ago

      They’re not weaker they’re captured. It’s a concept called inverted totalitarianism and it’s terrible.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      The government represents the interests of the class that holds power in society, which is the capital owning class under capitalism.

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      Regulations help to protect large corporations from competition, and then the larger the government is the more contracts it gives out. Are you saying we need a bigger stronger government?