On 3/31/2021 10:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
On 25 Feb 2021, at 20:30, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Are you sure that any of that stuff really matters? To be clear, I am
against tearing down some of those agreements. I do think that China
should be sanctioned for committing genocide,
I know we can’t due to Covid, but I am sad we don’t show more
solidarity with the people of Hong Kong. The democracy there is in peril.
China’s play is dangerous for everybody in the long-term.
and I am skeptical of things like TPP. I certainly don't desire the
transatlantic version of that, and in fact joined protests against
it. Not because I dislike you Americans, but because I think that
such trade deals are used to smuggle in stuff that goes against the
interest of the common people on both sides. For example, opening the
possibility for corporations to sue for loss of profits if a
government adopts measures in the public interest... on climate, but
also protecting workers, food quality and so on.
There was a reasonable concern that governments would adopt
protectionist trade restrictions under the guise of public interest.
There needed to be some court to adjudicate complaints. The problem is
how to structure the court so it was not simply captured by corporate
interests.
Yes, here something grave has been done making the corporation into
legal person, I think under Bush.
A corporation has always been a legal person in terms of having the
ability to make contracts and held responsible. The US supreme court
ruled that a corporation has freedom of speech in the context of a
corporation cannot be forbidden to spend money in support of politician
campaigns.
Brent
Yes, the political economy favour corporation against individuals, and
that has to be corrected, before "becoming mitochondria” without the
ability to say “no” to the doctor.
That type of law has favoured investment in catastrophes, diseases,
and wars. The NRA plays a bad role here, and is not alone.
Bruno
Telmo
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