Which history has shown can be ignored, chipped away, sidestepped, circumvented, reinterpreted, and otherwise abused when it is convenient to do so.
"recourse (elections) against the government"
Except that in America, the elections are a choice between one set of fascists and another set of fascists. Voting third party is the only real recourse in America, but the major parties have set things up so that third party candidates are marginalized and remain obscure.
"While not perfect by any stretch they are far better than what we have against Corporations."
Better? Corporations cannot send paramilitary teams to invade your home. Corporations cannot punish you at the airport. Corporations cannot hold in against your will. You are free to ignore Facebook; you are not free to ignore the government.
"Facebook and other Corporations "watch" much more of us than government does"
The real problem with corporations is that they become a tool used by the government to circumvent the constitution:
Which history has shown can be ignored, chipped away, sidestepped, circumvented, reinterpreted, and otherwise abused when it is convenient to do so.
"recourse (elections) against the government"
Except that in America, the elections are a choice between one set of fascists and another set of fascists. Voting third party is the only real recourse in America, but the major parties have set things up so that third party candidates are marginalized and remain obscure.
"While not perfect by any stretch they are far better than what we have against Corporations."
Better? Corporations cannot send paramilitary teams to invade your home. Corporations cannot punish you at the airport. Corporations cannot hold in against your will. You are free to ignore Facebook; you are not free to ignore the government.
"Facebook and other Corporations "watch" much more of us than government does"
The real problem with corporations is that they become a tool used by the government to circumvent the constitution:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1475524