Lets Celebrate Corporate Independence Day

July 4th: Corporate Independence Day

by Kyle Roman

Sometimes it seems as though whenever there is an apparent truth or fact in our society, it is met with outright rage and disbelief within the echo chamber of the political right wing. The obvious example is the denial of the facts surrounding the man-made catastrophe of climate change. It is as if there are people out there who are trying to create there own reality by manipulating the minds of the masses. These people are clearly the corporate class and benefit immensely from the miseducation of the American people. They create a culture of fear within the society which encourages cynicism in the face of facts and evidence.

This frame of mind, in my opinion is rooted in fear and propaganda aimed at those who are submissive to authority figures. It is perpetuated by industry giants who have a strangle hold on our legislators, who sit on corporate boards that own media outlets, and who fund scientific research that supports their corporate necessity for profit over people. Corporate lobbyists and their pet politicians are at the root of this colossal conspiracy against everyday people. The very nature of their work is to exploit the masses for their own personal gain and profit. They exist to destroy the institutions that protect the middle class and the poor. The corporation must be given the death penalty if it will not cease its destruction of our environment and our people.

Although some were caught by surprise, power and control were not won overnight. Since 1981 and the Inauguration of Ronald Reagan, there has been a fear and propaganda campaign waged by corporate America on the citizens. It taught you and your children to hate government. It taught you to think of government as something separate from yourself. It taught you to distrust unions and think of them as a burden on the working class as opposed to a benefit. These claims are completely false and were constructed to disarm the strengths of the working class. The campaign took over the minds of a generation and allowed these corporate interests to gain back their control of our government.

Independence Day is upon us and we must remind ourselves what we won independence from. It was not primarily religious persecution, or colonial rule. It was the WalMart of its day, British East India company that was destroying the local economies by dumping cheap foreign products at our shores. This country was thrust into revolution by the acts of a greedy corporation which led to our revolution against Britain. We must use the latest acts of greed and economic terrorism by corporations like Goldman Sachs, AIG, Halliburton, BP, and Blackwater to use as stern reminders of our history of fighting corporate power.

We must declare our Independence from corporate power within our institutions of government. The government is "We the people" not "we the corporation". Until we recognize our true power in this country and put it to work to take back our country, the corporations will continue to corrupt and exploit this once grand society until there is nothing left to devour. It is up to us to take charge in our community to build our own society and create our own reality absent any authoritarian influence from corporate power.