Quote Originally Posted by RedLocks
Republicans and republican interests are already heavily represented by.. the Republican party.
there is a large segment of the "republican" voters who have begun to feel alienated by that party. the republican party, like their counterparts across the aisle, have ceased to represent conservative concerns, many of them the very tenets this country was founded on. many people see this as the impetus for the creation of the tea party movement. if republicans are to return to their roots and regain any real power, it can only be by embracing the ideals of their conservative base or surrendering entirely to the waste and mediocrity of the democrats' socialistic stylings. of course business would align itself with the individualist concepts of conservatism. it would be foolhardy to believe that an economy controlled by the state could provide the necessary freedoms that business needs to thrive

As far as being "the most successful sector".. there is no success in Privilege, just Privilege and for the most part, I seriously doubt there is a CEO in a major corporation out there that wasn't born into Privilege, be it White Privilege or just Class Based
what i said was "productive". there is no doubt that the business community is far more productive than those who are served by the welfare state. being successful is a subjective determination, success meaning different things to different people. being productive is a simple matter of a person's effect on the community. can anyone deny that it is american business that has allowed the country as a whole to become a major power? similarly, can anyone deny that the acceptance of an expanding welfare state is detrimental to the nation's financial and even ethical well-being? the handouts and entitlements, the endless nanny-state regulations and do-nothing social programs are little more than an attempt to penalize productivity for the sake of mediocrity. the use of government's threat of violence cannot replace the charitable intentions that reside within us all.

it appears as if you subscribe to the notion that privilege is evil. is it wrong that the father should wish to pass down to his son what he has earned? the privilege of wealth is an earned privilege and demonizing its recipients is base envy, an envy that is played upon by the unscrupulous in their quest for power. divisions of race, religion, class and the myriad other concepts that separate us are also the product of that struggle for power combined with our own ignorance. each time we surrender to that ignorance we strengthen the divisions and chip away at our own right to self-determination. bias certainly exists and it should be stamped out where it interferes with the rights of others, but claiming it as an excuse for failure or the sole reason for success only plays into the hands of those who wish to keep us divided.

somewhat surprised that you would be defending Corporate interests under that avatar of yours bro
what i defend is the right of the individual, every individual, to own himself and the fruits of his labor. corporations may be legal entities, but they were created by individuals and are the outcome of their labors. i abhor their evil when they do evil and i praise their charity when they do good works, but i do not paint them all with the broad brush of villainy simply because of their wealth. there is no sin in wealth, only in the concentration on the material to the detriment of all else.