Freedom - What Kind do you want?

A couple of lines from a good post by Maxine Udal (Girl Economist).

Freedom Is Not Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose - Maxine Udall (girl economist)

..."But, wait," you say, "this can't be right. The Republicans stand for freedom, liberty, and the American way." To which I say, "Well, you've got a funny idea of freedom." You see, the last time I checked, the US Constitution protects me from the US government. As far as I can tell, there is nothing that protects me from large corporations, except the US government and the court system. And these days, the US government and the courts, largely thanks the dominant Republican economic philosophy, aided and abetted by the bipartisan repeal of Glass-Stegall in 1999, aren't doing such a great job of this.

...Markets, free or otherwise, will not automatically fix all harms or yield all benefits. That's why, to be successful, capitalism requires regulation and fine tuning.

Hell, corporations rule the land. With corporate cash and the corporate-media propaganda machines, the government of the people, by the people and for the people has ceased to exist.

tnb