Trump and Corporations

They are bending at the knee. But it is all just business. Democracy is not essential for business, power is. Power over competition or a market. Power over federal regulation,

The effect of Trump on us voters for the past three presidential terms has been extreme. There are his fans and then the rest of us: get out of my life, Trump! But then there are corporations. And I never understood this part of politics.

Corporations are the one thing bigger than Trump in our lives. And in a way they are similar. Corporations do not care about you. You just make a deal for some benefits when you work for them. But even if your employer has some symbolic founder, the corporation is never your friend.

Then there is Trump and the corporations. Tim Cook brings some sort of goofy award to Trump. They sit with Trump in Windsor Castle. They still have power. But corporations are only about stock value. They really have no principles. Like Trump. They have the wealth to deal with many issues. If Trump has to be bought, buy him. They cannot risk the future of a company past Trump. They sacrifice in the short term for the long term survival. They can keep doing this for a while. Many corporations provide an essential service and two or three companies are essentially a monopoly in any field. We will pay more for cell phone service if it comes to that. We will buy food distributed by a small number of food companies. 

There is some assumption that there will be normalcy, but corporations will survive no matter what. If the government fails in a bif way, such as with transportation, then we are all in trouble.

I have to say this is about as depressing as Trump ever got for me. MAGA voters will take years to learn. Trump is holding up pretty well in public, and whatever health problem he has may not take him down anytime soon.