• SGGeorwell@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Pardon the pun, but Nestle Waters should be nationalized and liquidated. Governments regularly take control of the assets of criminals. Why not these obvious ones?

    • puppy@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Because politicians usually don’t bite the corporate hand that feeds them.

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        2 months ago

        The question is why not though? Organised Crime feeds them too - why do they let one free and put the other through the wringer when they’re both crooks and both paying the politicians?

        Is it just that Bikies need to hire lobbyists?

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          The Yakuza in Japan in past decades are a great example of what happens when organised crime does hire lobbyists