I also needed to split this up, so this is part 1.
I think you're looking for some kind of political debate forum.
I find such forums to usually be low quality, but that's just my opinion.
Walmart and Amazon are both Delaware corporations, which means they're governed by Delaware's particular corporate law. Both are publicly held, which additionally obligates them to follow the strict rules of the SEC
every single decision made at Walmart and Amazon are deeply entwined with government regulations.
While true, that doesn't change anything. Corporations can still be monopolies while being legal if the law is insufficient to prevent natural monopolies.
Corporations are people. They are literally people.
Corporations are organizations of people. But regardless of what you define them as, people or organizations, you cannot have freedom if corporations control everything. Just as a dictator (person) prevents freedom, so too can companies (people).
Hogwash. You can do it with less than $1 and entrepreneurial spirit.
You can definitely do that but your chances of success are not high.
There are so many rags-to-riches stories that define our blessed country
And those stories have the same chances of winning the lottery. Sure people win the lottery all the time, but that doesn't mean everyone will.
Maybe you don't want it bad enough. And if so that's fine, but don't pretend it's impossible.
I'm not pretending it's impossible. I am stating the fact that it is unreasonable for everybody to just create a new business and live in la la land. Sometimes fantasies come true, but they don't always.
You have absolutely no clue what slavery is.
I am using hyperbole. I am not stating that what we experience in America is literal chattel slavery. The point is that you can't just move to a different job to escape abuse when basically all american jobs are abusive. You can't just have freedom against buying from walmart when walmart is the only store within a 4hr drive. Does that clarify where I am coming from better?
What on earth are you talking about? You sound like you've never had a real job, but you've spent years reading Marx. This is delusional.
I am talking about how jobs control when you work, how you work, what you say, what you do. They control the law, politicians, what we buy, how we buy it. They control the media and therefore the narrative. Corporations have such an immense control over american life. We are not ranked number one in the world freedom index for a reason, we aren't actually even in the top 10. The top 10 is mostly comprised of European countries.
And I'm not going to address the "real job" part because that is a true scottsman fallacy waiting to happen. I will tell you this, I have never read Marx, I do not label myself a marxists, and I have had several jobs over the years at this point.
The two relevant cases are Engel v. Vitale (1962) and Abington School District v. Schempp (1963).
Ok, then I take back what I said when I though you were referencing Robinson v California/punishing drug addicts for being drug addicts. I should have clarified which decision you meant first. I think we already know where we both stand on religion in schools, so I will move on.
Secularism is the lifeblood of depraved satanists who are diligently working to destroy everything we hold dear.
Secularism is what allows us to have the freedom to choose a religion. It is the wall between church and state that prevents religion from destroying people's freedoms, and it is what prevents the government from imposing on religions. It is one of the core founding principles of our country as evidenced by the first amendment establishment clause, and everything the founding fathers have said about the nature of the state/church.
and indeed the entire purpose of American freedom is to worship God and do His will
The purpose of american freedom is for the sake of freedom itself. No part of the constitution mentions god or worship. And the only mention of religion states that congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.