Consider the following principles, from Marjorie Kelly’s. “The Divine Right of Capital”;
I. The Six Principles of Economic Aristocracy”
1]. Worldview: “In the worldview of corporate financial statements, the aim is to pay stockholders as much as possible, and employees as little as possible.”
2]. Privilege: ”Stockholders claim wealth they do little to create, much as nobles claimed privilege they did not earn.”
3] Property: ”Like a feudal estate, a corporation is considered a piece of property – not a human community – so it can be owned and sold by the propertied class.”
4] Governance: ”Corporations function with an aristocratic governance structure, where members of the propertied class alone may vote.”
5] Liberty: ”Corporate capitalism embraces a predemocratic concept of liberty reserved for property holders, which thrives by restricting the liberty of employees and the community.”
6]. Sovereignty: ”Corporations assert that they are private and the free market will self-regulate, much as feudal barons asserted a sovereignty independent of the Crown.”
II. The Six Principles of Economic Democracy”
1]. Enlightenment: ”Because all persons are created equal, the economic rights of employees and the community are equal to those of the capital owners.”
2] Equality: ”Under market principles, wealth does not legitimately belong only to stockholders. Corporate wealth belongs to those who create it, and community wealth belongs to all.”
3]. Public Good: ”As semi-public governments, public corporations are more than pieces of property or private contracts. They have a responsibility to the public good.”
4]. Democracy: ”The corporation is a human community, and like the larger community of which it is a part, it is best governed democratically.”
5]. Justice: ”In keeping with equal treatment of persons before the law, the wealthy may not claim greater rights than others, and corporations may not claim the rights of persons.”
6] {r}Evolution: ”As it is the right of the people to alter or abolish government, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish corporations that now govern the world.”
Note: The question is simple: did the Founders abolish a king and nobility, only to turn themselves over to a “royalty” of rich and corporations? The answer is clearly “NO!!!” The word “corporation” is NOT in the Constitution. All current “corporate rights” have been GIVEN them by dubious Supreme Court rulings. In the early United States, corporations were given limited “rights’ for a short time. Corporations were not trusted with unlimited powers.
Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution: ”No title of Nobility shall be granted by the United states..”
So – why should Americans subject themselves to a corporate royalty that seeks to control their lives, that seeks to become more powerful than the REAL government, that seeks to control America’s wealth?
YOU either accept a “We the People” government – or – YOU agree to be dictated to by a corporate plutocracy – that would like to run America’s economy by “The Six Principles of Economic Aristocracy.” What’s it going to be??????
With Justice For All 