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thomhartmann

(3,979 posts) Tue May 17, 2016, 08:30 PM May 2016

Has Our Democracy Become A Corporate Reality Show?

Thom explains how our country has become more and more like The Truman Show!

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Has Our Democracy Become A Corporate Reality Show? (Original Post) thomhartmann May 2016 OP

Yes. n/t RufusTFirefly May 2016 #1

Of course not Jack Rabbit May 2016 #2

Yes Sherman A1 May 2016 #3

Yes we are zeemike May 2016 #4

Yes. More and more zentrum May 2016 #5

Couldn't agree more elmac May 2016 #6

An Oligarchy, Thespian2 May 2016 #7

No question. onecaliberal May 2016 #8

Yes. nt SusanCalvin May 2016 #9

K&R. President Carter knows what's up.... silvershadow May 2016 #10

Thom, I have an answer! Enthusiast May 2016 #11

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

1. Yes. n/t

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 08:32 PM

May 2016

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)

2. Of course not

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 09:00 PM

May 2016

"Reality TV" is an oxymoron, so it just isn't possible.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

3. Yes

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 09:24 PM

May 2016

and it has been for a rather long time. I find it surprising that this is not more apparent to many.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)

4. Yes we are

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 09:33 PM

May 2016

It's a brave new world with a big brother twist...and that beast will not be satisfied until it has devoured the whole world.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)

5. Yes. More and more

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 09:40 PM

May 2016

….research shows that we are an oligarchy.

elmac

(4,642 posts)

6. Couldn't agree more

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 09:48 PM

May 2016

We are all being played like a cheap piano.

Thespian2

(2,741 posts)

7. An Oligarchy,

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 10:18 PM

May 2016

with the CIA as the corporations' private army...

onecaliberal

(32,865 posts)

8. No question.

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Tue May 17, 2016, 10:33 PM

May 2016

SusanCalvin

(6,592 posts)

9. Yes. nt

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Tue May 17, 2016, 10:36 PM

May 2016

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)

10. K&R. President Carter knows what's up....

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2016, 01:27 AM

May 2016

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

11. Thom, I have an answer!

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2016, 10:49 AM

May 2016

If I was advising the President I would advise him to call up the military to attack the corporations until they were properly chastised. I would remind him, "Make sure you lob some extra artillery shells into the heart of Wall Street."

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