Hari makes some obvious points about corporations owning politics, but this point is worth repeating and he provides two egregious examples to demonstrate this: Due to corporate pressure, Congress can't pass a law banning corporations from receiving government contracts if they prevent their employees from taking rapists to court, nor can it pass a law banning corporations from selling items made with slave labor. Disgusting.

This is an excellent article. Why does it come from a newspaper in Britain rather than an American source?

This story is very interesting in that it illustrates how American politics (and some of the absurdities contained therein) are viewed in (at least some quarters of) the UK.

Hari gives his usual insightful look at the American political system. The one thing I can think of that would have added to it is an exploration of the Supreme Court ruling that established corporate personhood, and opened the door to corporate lobbying. Since this ruling is up for review in the next session of the Court, it would make a worthwhile addition to the story.

The author is exactly right about the real devil ruling the world -- corporations and their slavish allegiance to profits. The only problem is that the electoral reforms suggested require Congressional approval. How to do that without corporate approval?

Short, accurate, and to the point.

Extremely insightful jouralism

This journalist does a great job of clearly and simply explaining the broken American political system. And he captures the reader's attention with the shocking story of the female contractor who was raped and locked in a box for 24 hours by her male co workers in Iraq. More shocking was the way the male U.S. senators dismissed her plight and sided with the corporations. This short simple story is a stunning indictment of the corrupt banana republic the U.S. has become.