No country with a McDonald’s can remain a democracy | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian
The best way to combat the likes of Trump, Le Pen and Farage and the
politics they represent is to rescue power from the grip of
transnational corporations
A wave of revulsion rolls around the world. Approval ratings for incumbent leaders are everywhere collapsing. Symbols, slogans and sensation trump facts and nuanced argument. One in six Americans now believe that military rule would be a good idea. From all this I draw the following, peculiar conclusion: no country with a McDonald’s can remain a democracy.
‘Corporations drive us towards climate breakdown, an urgent threat to
global peace: beef production is among the most powerful causes of
climate change.’
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