As to the corporate protectors trope - if one has a nuanced view of the world in which there is wide array of shades of grey, then corporate protection via Democrat party does not appear as the worst thing that can possibly happen - in fact it looks quite benign comparing to other alternatives. Of course, if one holds a black-or-white view in which a single drop of grey is all that it takes to make things black - that is a different story, but I do not subscribe to such a point of view.
-- Wojtek
"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."