{"id":18692,"date":"2021-05-10T17:03:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T00:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=18692"},"modified":"2021-05-10T17:03:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T00:03:27","slug":"weekend-reader-corporate-ceos-will-not-save-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/10\/weekend-reader-corporate-ceos-will-not-save-us\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READER: Corporate CEOs Will Not Save Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Don\u2019t believe corporate media and politicians pretending that corporate execs will fix everything \u2014 they won\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailyposter.com\/content\/images\/size\/w960\/2021\/05\/Chase-Occupy-Protest-1.png\" alt=\"WEEKEND READER: Corporate CEOs Will Not Save Us\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Corporate CEOs want you to believe that they are fighting for democracy and equality, and the business press has often portrayed executives as the saviors of our society. But a terrific new essay examines why this is a fantasy \u2013 and why Democrats should avoid trying to link their political fortunes to the alleged benevolence of corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo credit: AP Photo\/Paul Sakuma<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>This is a short excerpt of&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><strong>The Daily Poster<\/strong><em><strong>\u2019s Weekend Reading List, which is available to supporting subscribers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyposter.com\/weekend-reader-corporate-ceos-will-not-save-us-exclusive-for-subscribers\/\">here<\/a>. You can&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyposter.com\/subscribe\"><em><strong>click here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>&nbsp;to become a&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><strong>Daily Poster<\/strong><em><strong>&nbsp;supporting subscriber for $8 a month or $70 a year. When you subscribe, you are helping us do this reporting and hire more journalists.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyposter.com\/subscribe?utm_medium=web&amp;utm_source=subscribe-widget&amp;utm_content=35889146\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t believe corporate media and politicians pretending that corporate execs will fix everything \u2014 they won\u2019t. Corporate CEOs want you to believe that they are fighting for democracy and equality, and the business press has often portrayed executives as the saviors of our society. But a terrific new essay examines&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/10\/weekend-reader-corporate-ceos-will-not-save-us\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18692"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18693,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18692\/revisions\/18693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}