On January 6, an armed and violent mob stormed the Capitol. It was the first time the building had been breached since the War of 1812. At the end of the day, the death toll stood at five. The attackers assaulted nearly 140 police officers. Four more officers would die by suicide in the following months. Lawmakers came within seconds of tragedy at the hands of the rioters. The crowd constructed a gallows on the Capitol steps to chants of “Hang Mike Pence!”
The insurrection put a capstone on months of work by President Trump and his allies to overturn the results of a free and fair election. These efforts included dozens of frivolous lawsuits, baseless conspiracies about polling machines and uncounted ballots and the attempted weaponization of the Department of Justice. Riled by Trump’s rhetoric, his supporters flocked to “Stop the Steal” rallies around the country. At the White House Ellipse on January 6, Trump and his allies urged the crowd to march […]
Corporations probably think they will make more money if seditionists get their way; with higher prices here and there.
Capitalists will not allow business to be interfered with over mere democratic principles.
From the initial rise of joint stock corporations with the Dutch East India company, they have created a track record on institutionalized sociopathy perhaps unrivaled in all of history. And this society has ensured they control a enormous proportion of wealth far exceeding that of decent human beings. It will not improve until they are forced to divulge all ownership of anything that does not by its very nature require that organizational form.