Why is it that these corporations can seemingly buy power.....
Money is our key issue.....
Its the golden rule, He who has the gold makes the rules.....
i suggest you take a good long look at the world, you might be forced to reevaluate what is and is not of utmost importance. the money you seem to believe rules the world is merely a by-product of the accumulation of power and it is not "he who has the gold makes the rules", but "he who makes the rules gets the gold". none of those evil corporations have the capacity to force our elected officials into trading the power handed to them by the electorate for wealth and control. our representatives willingly place that power on the market, shopping for the deal that will give them even greater control. these political animals are not slaves to corporate interests, but whores, renting out the control
we have given them to the highest bidders.
we have allowed ourselves to become complacent and no longer question the integrity of our representatives as thoroughly as we should.
we take for granted our liberty and accept the media induced frenzy as gospel, choosing lies and smooth rhetoric over substance.
we demand to be taken care of by the parental hand of government and become slaves in the process.
money is not the "key" issue. our own greed has deluded us into believing it is, but that was never the case. governments do not rule through money, they rule through force and control of the population. it is the armed might of nations, ready to be turned on either an outside enemy or their own disgruntled people, and the control they exert over the world wide marketplace that determines their place in the grand scheme of things. the power of corporate entities comes and goes, but the bureaucratic machine always retains the reins of power.
if you are waiting for a new system, don't hold your breath. it isn't the system's fault, any form of government will work if there is a proper ethical base upon which to build it. the fact is -
we don't want things to change. change takes effort, it is a painful process and
we avoid pain at all costs. the work ethic and basic morality have been overridden by our desires for the "easy way out" and a self-centered certainty that everyone is owed the "american dream". if it is felt that the dream can be attained through the intervention of a bloated government, that is what will be agreed upon. never mind that some small group may be stepped on and their rights trampled into the dust. the masses already have their liberty (at least they think they do), now they want all the goodies that are supposed to go along with it. if some rights are lost in the process, it's no big deal - they're making up new ones all the time and we weren't using them all in the first place.