Monday, May 31, 2004

Consent of the Governed

"Consent of the Governed: The reign of corporations and the fight for democracy"
by Jeffrey Kaplan
Orion

The autonomy of state and local governments continues to wane as corporations grow larger and gain more extensive rights under the U.S. Constitution.

An increasing number of Americans have begun to consider a whole range of single-issue cases as examples of "corporate rule," with government merely enforcing rules defined by corporations for profit.

But in communities across the country a revolt is underfoot that has corporations reeling.

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