I'd like to think you're right re: the government, but a little birdie told me....
Corporate capture (the F word) is much more advanced than your scenario implies. The NGOs, e.g. the B&M Gates "Foundation," a host of hundreds of others, all too frequently operating on the premise of philanthro-capitalism. Then we take specific gummint agencies such as the FDA---75% funded by industry, rather how Gates took over the WHO. This (these) mofo(s) are insidious and they've already made their fortified bed in Congress---the M.I.C., and the White House, with its sub techno-race of Googleians roaming free. (S-Con Valley put K-Pop Hive in as VP.)
The last count I had several years, half a decade + ago had 12,500 lobbyists running around the Beltway. Oh. And the hyper-ubiquitous big money-sponsored 'think tanks.'
I'd love to be, would welcome indeed, being wrong in my sentiments. You'd make my day in changing my opinion.
I should clarify (and will) that the FDA's overall budget is 50% funded by Big Junkie-Makers; it is the testing of their.own.drugs. for which they chip in 75%. (Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy too!)
I'd like to think you're right re: the government, but a little birdie told me....
Corporate capture (the F word) is much more advanced than your scenario implies. The NGOs, e.g. the B&M Gates "Foundation," a host of hundreds of others, all too frequently operating on the premise of philanthro-capitalism. Then we take specific gummint agencies such as the FDA---75% funded by industry, rather how Gates took over the WHO. This (these) mofo(s) are insidious and they've already made their fortified bed in Congress---the M.I.C., and the White House, with its sub techno-race of Googleians roaming free. (S-Con Valley put K-Pop Hive in as VP.)
The last count I had several years, half a decade + ago had 12,500 lobbyists running around the Beltway. Oh. And the hyper-ubiquitous big money-sponsored 'think tanks.'
I'd love to be, would welcome indeed, being wrong in my sentiments. You'd make my day in changing my opinion.
I should clarify (and will) that the FDA's overall budget is 50% funded by Big Junkie-Makers; it is the testing of their.own.drugs. for which they chip in 75%. (Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy too!)
Bingo.
The US is done. I don't see a vector to recover the ground lost, and the current posture leads to decline.