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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3539755" data-attributes="member: 56035">i actually think ralph is a revolutionary, but i could be wrong:Narrator: This man is not in politics. He’s not a financier or a businessman. Yet, today, he’s one of the most influential men in the United States.Interviewer: Would you describe yourself as a revolutionary?Ralph Nader: No, actually, I describe the corporations as the revolutionaries. They’re basically, the institutions who are trying to upset our basic value systems, and I mean that very, very seriously. If you say our basic value systems are in compliance with the law, our arm’s length relationship with the government, our competitive quality, competition, our concern for the neighbors, the avoidance of violent impacts on people — and who are, in effect, perpetuating all these injustices? Corporations produce most of the violence in terms of pollution and hazardous products. They corrupt governments. They, in effect, make a mockery out of competition and quality in the marketplace as they concentrate the economy in the hands of larger and larger corporations. They violate laws, right down the line, hundreds and thousands of them on a company by company basis. They’re, in effect, revolutionizing the basic, ideal pattern of the society.<a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/04/25/intercepted-podcast-the-haspel-ultimatum/" target="_blank">Intercepted Podcast: The Haspel Ultimatum</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3539755, member: 56035"] i actually think ralph is a revolutionary, but i could be wrong: [B]Narrator:[/B] This man is not in politics. He’s not a financier or a businessman. Yet, today, he’s one of the most influential men in the United States. [B]Interviewer:[/B] Would you describe yourself as a revolutionary? [B]Ralph Nader:[/B] No, actually, I describe the corporations as the revolutionaries. They’re basically, the institutions who are trying to upset our basic value systems, and I mean that very, very seriously. If you say our basic value systems are in compliance with the law, our arm’s length relationship with the government, our competitive quality, competition, our concern for the neighbors, the avoidance of violent impacts on people — and who are, in effect, perpetuating all these injustices?[B] Corporations produce most of the violence in terms of pollution and hazardous products. They corrupt governments. They, in effect, make a mockery out of competition and quality in the marketplace as they concentrate the economy in the hands of larger and larger corporations. They violate laws, right down the line, hundreds and thousands of them on a company by company basis.[/B] They’re, in effect, revolutionizing the basic, ideal pattern of the society. [URL="https://theintercept.com/2018/04/25/intercepted-podcast-the-haspel-ultimatum/"]Intercepted Podcast: The Haspel Ultimatum[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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