DEMOCRACY

The hollowing out of democracy has been caused by a grotesque celebration of greed, the massive growth of inequality, a culture of cruelty, and a disdain for public virtues, all wrapped up in an authoritarian populism.   This book is based on long research and in-depth exploration of the dynamic relationship between the states and corporations, which has changed sharply with the rise of globalisation. It shows the impact of the corporate power over people’s lives. It not only raises questions about the future of democracy but also offers various solutions for protecting and saving democracy, and various ways to defeat the corporatocracy. The author J. Dhopte got a degree in mechanical engineering, diploma in marine engineering and master’s in financial management. He worked in Merchant Navy for 10 years, travelling across the globe on ships. He had a border-less career in maritime, plastic, service, hospitality and education industries with opportunities to work in various location...

  157 of the top 200 economic entities are corporations   —    Global Justice Now Four global corporations — Chevron, Exxon, BP, and Shell are responsible for more than 10% of the world’s carbon emissions                           —   The Guardian in 2019 Adidas supplier factories still had “excessive working hours and extremely low wages” in 2010                                                                               —    China Labour Watch Around two-thirds agree that the government had benefited large banks, financial institutions, large corporations, and wealthy people, and the rest of the population had benefited “not too much or not at all.”              ...

As we grow up, we form a mental image of who we are based on our upbringing and cultural conditioning. We may refer to this phantom self the ego. It consists of mental activity and can only be kept going through constant thinking. The term ego means a false self, created by unconscious identification with the mind. It means different things to different people. If you observe your mind, you’ll see that how it works. You do not run your life; the ego runs it. Ego is the unobserved mind that runs your life when you are not present as the witnessing consciousness, the watcher.   Only past and future matter, for ego. The present moment hardly exists for the ego. Only the past and future are considered significant. The mind is so dysfunctional in ego mode, this is due to this complete inversion of the truth. The ego is always concerned with keeping the past alive. Because without past, who are you? It constantly projects itself into the future to ensure its continued s...