>>Galbraith's message that civic-minded corporations can be a progressive
force against the tyranny of the market and the tyranny of the government
would create a vision for the future - much more powerful than looking back
and bitching and moaning that the "new economy left someone behind." But I
guess that political consultants nowadays are a rather myopic and
unimaginative crowd - they prefer to do things by the book and spin focus
groups instead of taking on a difficult task of creating a new vision.
But, hey, one cannot expect pigs to fly like eagles....
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You mean Archers Daniels Midland? All the corporations that have given us cancer alley? Shell's use of post-modern Pinkertons in Nigeria? Big Tobacco? Exxon? And on and on.... The fact is the only institutions capable of rendering corps. into a "progressive force" are themselves held captive by corporate $$$. Seems to be a vicious feedback loop, no? Small may not be beautiful, but bigness doesn't win any beauty contests either, especially when it comes to the enabling of liberty and democratically driven collective action.
>>So the bottom line is that while Nader failed to achieve its objective, it
will be blamed (rightly or wrongly) for "spoiling" the election. The
imminent backlash will drive a wedge between "green" and unionists / NAACP
crowd and bury the idea of ajn alternative to the dem/repug monopoly for a
long time to come.
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Ah yes, the defeatist aesthetic. Your co-workers must love you for that.
Ian