JC29856 said:

I don't recall any of these progressive organizations protesting dapl? nor do I remember much coverage of the dapl protests on my cable TV boxes? hmmm?

I wonder who funds all these progressive organizations?

Democracy for America, Working Families Party, Resist Here, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, OurRevolution, People's Action, Courage Campaign, #AllOfUs, United We Dream, MoveOn.org, Pantsuit Nation, Town Hall Project, iAmerica, #MarchForTruth, UltraViolet, IfNotNow, People Power, CREDO, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Brand New Congress, SEIU, CODEPINK, Peoples Climate Movement, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, CPD Action, Stand Up America, Emerge America, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Moms Rising, RISE Stronger, Democracy Spring, FIRM, Demos, Sunrise Movement, Spread The Vote, Stand.earth, Our Climate, People For the American Way, Food & Water Watch, NextGen America, Action Together Network, New Leaders Council, Run for Something, Corporate Accountability International, Moms Demand Action

JC29856 said:

I don't recall any of these progressive organizations protesting dapl? nor do I remember much coverage of the dapl protests on my cable TV boxes? hmmm?

I wonder who funds all these progressive organizations?

Democracy for America, Working Families Party, Resist Here, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, OurRevolution, People's Action, Courage Campaign, #AllOfUs, United We Dream, MoveOn.org, Pantsuit Nation, Town Hall Project, iAmerica, #MarchForTruth, UltraViolet, IfNotNow, People Power, CREDO, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Brand New Congress, SEIU, CODEPINK, Peoples Climate Movement, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, CPD Action, Stand Up America, Emerge America, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Moms Rising, RISE Stronger, Democracy Spring, FIRM, Demos, Sunrise Movement, Spread The Vote, Stand.earth, Our Climate, People For the American Way, Food & Water Watch, NextGen America, Action Together Network, New Leaders Council, Run for Something, Corporate Accountability International, Moms Demand Action

benjs said:

JC29856 said:

I don't recall any of these progressive organizations protesting dapl? nor do I remember much coverage of the dapl protests on my cable TV boxes? hmmm?

I wonder who funds all these progressive organizations?

Democracy for America, Working Families Party, Resist Here, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, OurRevolution, People's Action, Courage Campaign, #AllOfUs, United We Dream, MoveOn.org, Pantsuit Nation, Town Hall Project, iAmerica, #MarchForTruth, UltraViolet, IfNotNow, People Power, CREDO, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Brand New Congress, SEIU, CODEPINK, Peoples Climate Movement, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, CPD Action, Stand Up America, Emerge America, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Moms Rising, RISE Stronger, Democracy Spring, FIRM, Demos, Sunrise Movement, Spread The Vote, Stand.earth, Our Climate, People For the American Way, Food & Water Watch, NextGen America, Action Together Network, New Leaders Council, Run for Something, Corporate Accountability International, Moms Demand Action

Corporations are threatened by losing money, and are encouraged by potential profit - so they work to act in ways which produce profit, like working via lobbyists to not taint their reputation, yet curry favour with members of government.
 
Lobbyists are simple: they're threatened by policies which lose their employers money, and are encouraged by policies which gain their employers money - so they influence until their employers are supported according to their intended goals.

Members of government are threatened by lack of public support (necessary to win votes) and lack of corporate support (necessary to profit), and are encouraged by potential profit. 

You have a cycle which exists because America's population is proud/naive/uneducated/oblivious (pick any) enough that the threat of lack of public support can be subdued by simply lying and hiding self-serving actions which far favour corporate support over public support, since the public can be fooled, and corporate favour yields greater compensation. How do you break this cycle, when the only threat is minuscule due to a people who have taught the powers that be, that they do not need to consider them? 

The more I think about this, the more precarious and finite the American empire seems to be. 

The Juggler said:

Instead of condemning Nazis,  Trump condemns a black businessman for condemning said Nazis. 

America. 2017.