Trader Joeā€™s, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting workers and consumersā€”the NLRB and FTCā€”are ā€œunconstitutional.ā€

Trader Joeā€™s has become the second company in a month to sue the National Labor Relations Board for being ā€œunconstitutional,ā€ following the lead of Elon Muskā€™s SpaceX, as both companies face board charges for firing employees. These two major corporations arenā€™t alone in attempting to protect their interests by undermining public institutions; Meta is also arguing in an ongoing lawsuit that the Federal Trade Commission is unconstitutional.

A legal expert told Motherboard that these companies are attempting to take advantage of what they believe is a friendly Supreme Courtā€”judges currently lean right by a six-to-three marginā€”while they can.

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    5 months ago

    Well fortunately Iā€™m entitled to my own opinion and if you knew anything about fascism you would know that corporatism and fascism go hand in hand.

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      Yeah, and I know the Mussolini quote youā€™re referencing. Mussolini was deliberately dismissing the several aspects of fascism that made it look re brutal than mere corporatism. The integration of mobilized militias with government, the criminalization of all descent and popular organization, the elimination of out groups, etc.

      Youā€™re being dismissive of what rights we have to protest and organize. Or the rights of some people to just exist. Guessing you donā€™t use them so why would you appreciate them.

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          To paraphrase James Baldwin, ā€˜we can love and disagree with each other, as long as that disagreement isnā€™t about my humanity and right to existā€™