08-23-2021, 09:33 PM
A half century ago today, August 23, 1971, Lewis Powell, who would later become a Supreme Court Justice, issued a memorandum advocating ever increasing corporate domination over many aspects of American life. It took a full decade, but in the same month of 1981 Reagan fired all the members of the Air Traffic Controllers union, which in many ways proved to be perhaps the final nail in the coffin of the middle class as we had to come to know it in the years following WWII.
Have created this thread for thoughtful discussion on the continuing impact of excessive corporate dominance in our lives. Do we have the will to begin reversing the trend of the havoc such power has garnered. Even if so, we have much to do. While sentiment that things are not right finally seems to have emerged, there is still work involved. Do we have the will to get grounded in the effort and build something of value?
Have created this thread for thoughtful discussion on the continuing impact of excessive corporate dominance in our lives. Do we have the will to begin reversing the trend of the havoc such power has garnered. Even if so, we have much to do. While sentiment that things are not right finally seems to have emerged, there is still work involved. Do we have the will to get grounded in the effort and build something of value?