Democrats are so anti-gun...

[geekWithA.45]

create socialism for corporations.

Here's the Big Disconnect: The view that corporations are necessarilly these giant, faceless entities that answer to no one.

Corporations ARE AN EXPRESSION of the people, they are the mechanism by which we do business.

By count, most corporations are small businesses, who employ perhaps a hundred or less people. I've spent most of my career among such.

I've even OWNED a few of these small corporations in the process.

It's not hard, ANYONE can do it.

Even when you get to "Big Business", you must remind yourself that even the largest of them are made of People; they are owned by People, who put their hard earned money into them hoping to earn more money, employ People, are managed by People, and so on and so on.

I'm not certain that I agree with your point that it IS corporate socialism, but for the sake of argument, I'll go along with it for now.

The difference between socialism of the people and socialism of the corporation is that Corporations Are Trying To Do Something Productive, and generally being of benefit to it's employees and owners in the process.

Socialism of the People, beyond true safety nets, ultimately fosters dependency, while failing to create value. A downwards spiral of nonproductiveness, ensues, and of necessity must leach whatever's being productive for it's own life blood, because it can not sustain itself otherwise.

A similiar dynamic has contributed to this recent mess with McCain-Fiengold, it is the failure to percieve the fact that "special interests" are for the most part, ANOTHER EXPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE, and are an important mechansim by which the People advocate for their issues.

In general, Political Action Committees, Corporations, Political Parties, etc are not these wild animals, with lives and wills of their own.

They are simply mechanisms with which we Try To Get ???? Done.

 

[7.62FullMetalJacket]

Well said, Geekwitha.45.

You forgot to mention another check and balance in the Corporate world: shareholders. Shareholders demand productivity and efficiency, and by extension, profits. They also cull dead weight, or incompetent managers/executives. When was the last time a non-elected incompetent was ever removed from government?

 

[geekWithA.45]

Thanks for the elaboration, 7.62FMJ...

That's what I meant by "owned by people"....usually, a LOT of people.


and GREAT point re: removal of incompetents!

 

[Balog]

Anyone who thinks either of the parties is A) pro-freedom or B) representative of the people is massively deluded.

 

[MicroBalrog]

In general, Democrats believe in a large centralized government. I suggest that this requires the loss of individual freedom.

Not necessarily.

 

[fallingblock]

Boris......

The overwhelming majority of the DNC are anti-gun.

The Democrat Party is run and financed by anti-gunners.

You may wish it to be otherwise, and so do I...

But the facts are there...the Democrats as a party are institutionally anti-gun.

Maybe that can be changed?

Let's hope so, because the Republicans aren't inspiring much confidence in their pro-Second Amendment rhetoric at the moment.