Reply #109: Is my gut analysis close here?

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WE THE PEOPLE are Democracy.
The bottom line for WE THE PEOPLE is preserving that Democracy.
The largest class, the largest force within that Democracy, is the Middle Class.
We The People ARE the Middle Class. (We hold sway over the upper and lower class because of our voting numbers.)
When the Middle Class is strong, Democracy is strong. It is in our own best interests to keep that Middle Class strong!

We The Corporations are NOT Democracy.
The bottom line for We The Corporations is PROFIT.
We The Corporations have a right to maximize our bottom line in a Democracy, it is called capitalism.
We the Corporations are set up like kingdoms: A King or CEO, Barons-Dukes are Upper Management, the Peasants are the Workers. (In this system the Middle Class is small and has little to no impact on their own lot.)

We The People have rules which protect us from We The Corporations.
When We The People determine what is best for ALL, We The Corporations find it directly impacts their bottom line.
Therefore We The Corporations do not want members of the very Democracy that they prosper in, to have say in their affairs. (What the Cons call "loosening restrictions", strengthens the corporations and weakens the Middle Class)

When our founding Fathers set up our government they set it up for a strong Middle Class, they wanted a government: "of the people, by the people and for the people". They wanted a government unlike the kingdoms of Europe which had Kings and Barons, a small Middle Class and a large working poor class.

When our early Government allowed it's citizens to go out and stake claims on land, (The Homestead Act), it was great for WE The People. This greatly helped to build a strong Middle Class.

When the industrial revolution corporations, (steel, rail, and oil), rose to power unrestricted by that government, they weakened the Middle Class.

When that same group of corporations grew powerful enough, they further expanded into our government. For two administrations prior to the Great Depression, our Republican controlled government further fueled these corporations through huge tax breaks. This further weakened the Middle Class. Democracy was in deep trouble here!

In order to pull us out of the Great Depression, Roosevelt strengthened the Middle Class at the expense of the corporations. He further strengthened the Middle class with government jobs, social security, minimum wage and stronger unions.

Therefore, in order for Democracy to thrive, WE THE PEOPLE must hold sway over the corporations who would operate within our Democracy, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!

Since Reagan, We The Corporations have slowly regained their strength.

Since Reagan We The Middle Class have had our power weakened.

We stand at the brink once again.

I think Edwards is aware of this and wants to restore the Middle Class OVER the Corporations.

The Military Industrial Complex industry DOES NOT WANT THIS. (Not to mention WAR is good for their bottom line!)
The Pharmaceutical industry does NOT want this.
The Medical industry does NOT want this.
The Media industry does NOT want this.
The energy industry does NOT want this.
The insurance industry does NOT want this.

The Middle Class needs this, Democracy NEEDS this.
Democracy can not survive under a group of kings, barons and dukes.

This is why big business is afraid of Edwards

Our Constitution reads : WE THE PEOPLE...!
Not: WE THE PEOPLE and COROPRATIONS....! (the status quo)
Not: WE THE CORPORATIONS (which is where things are heading.)

Democracy can not long endure when WE THE PEOPLE share power with WE THE CORPORATIONS
If we want to keep our bottom line intact, WE THE MIDDLE CLASS must take that power back!
I do not think any candidate, Dem, repug or indy, fully represents the Middle Class, but I feel that Edwards comes closest! What DEMOCRACY needs is another Roosevelt!

What the Middle Class needs is a better understanding of these things...I am aware that my analysis is simplistic, but deep in my heart, I think it gets me close enough to see the true face of the enemy to Democracy, it is called: Corporatocracy!

Oh and a plug for Thom Hartmann's book: "SCREWED The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" , the very book which got me thinking along these lines.