U.S. Corporations Are Openly Trying to Destroy Core Public Institutions. We Should All Be Worried.
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Trader Joe's, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting workers and consumers—the NLRB and FTC—are "unconstitutional."

Trader Joe’s, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting workers and consumers—the NLRB and FTC—are “unconstitutional.”

Trader Joe’s has become the second company in a month to sue the National Labor Relations Board for being “unconstitutional,” following the lead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, as both companies face board charges for firing employees. These two major corporations aren’t alone in attempting to protect their interests by undermining public institutions; Meta is also arguing in an ongoing lawsuit that the Federal Trade Commission is unconstitutional.

A legal expert told Motherboard that these companies are attempting to take advantage of what they believe is a friendly Supreme Court—judges currently lean right by a six-to-three margin—while they can.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
    44·
    10 months ago

    Certain people are asking SOME of the right questions, but the actions allowing these narcissistic ass hats to run wild is certainly clear.

    We need a solid change of guard in the US to wrestle us back from teetering on the edge of a true Corporatocracy, but I fear we’re kind of already there having seen what’s happening with all these companies just absorbing smaller entities at breakneck speed to remove competition, and little to no barriers to slow or stop them. Everyone is so quick to sellout instead of working hard to compete. Pretty sad.

    • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
      257·
      10 months ago

      bernie was literally the last hope we had to bring change, and guess what;

      obama, clinton personally killed that potential progress

      if anyone is to blame its fucking Obama and the DNC for demanding conservatism in the face of fascists.

      • hglmanEnglish
        16·
        10 months ago

        Bill Clinton killed off any rejection of Reagan. The rest is the lack of any political structure beyond the state and corporations.

    • Szymon@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Let them amalgamate, because the new guard will be OK with seizing entities working against national interests and it’ll just allow a entire sectors to fall immediately into government control to serve the people while billionaires cry.