Corpoforming

[YankeyMCC]

One of the tropes of Science Fiction stories is "Terraforming" which is a term used for projects to make other planets more habitable for humans, more like Earth. In face we do this already on Earth and in fact every species does it. We create little spaces of more comfortable zones within harsh climates, other animals do things like insulate nests or graze certain plants to encourage the growth of others.

What seems to be happening now on Earth though is Corpoforming. Corporations, which the Supreme Court recently ruled are equal to people, are doing just what people and any other animal does, shaping their nests and larger habitats as best they can to suit their needs. BP and others are just making this planet more hospitable for them, easier resource access, less interference by biologicals, simplified ecology (collapsed).

We humans like so many species before are just not adapting fast enough to the changing environment.

[zazen]

1. brilliant! send it to Sanders? Grayson? Maddow? so the term gets out there

Just someone with the guts to use it.

[emulatorloo]

3. People want their politicians to speak plainly

not will bizarre made up words that sound meaningless.

(I like the OP's analogy though, it is good.)

[zazen]

6. There is no homogenous group called "people."

But there are various bases of support, and these speakers' respective bases (and a few other groups) would appreciate the concept and term, which is in fact simplifying a complex activity into an image made understandable through mainstream films and is thus hardly esoteric and highbrow.

But thanks for the morning hostility, anyway. Happy Memorial Day!

[emulatorloo]

7. There is nothing hostile in my comment.

I think the OP's analysis is great, as I already stated.

However, If you can imagine this "word" coming out of Grayson's lips, then you have a fantastic imagination.

He is know for being extremely direct and plain-spoken.

There are ways to get complex subject across with out jargon.

[KharmaTrain]

2. Just Like Any Empire...

When a Roman Emperor needed money, he'd launch some "war of conquest"...or when the British invaded North America and India, it was the Hudson Bay Company and British East India companies who called the shots. It's a symptom of a nation that has grown affluent and then fat on the riches of their world and how the priorities are to maintaining that empire and its trappings.

Humans adapt to changing conditions...or at least those who prosper. Call it social Darwinism but its when an empire becomes corrupt and no longer competes but expects it does and will fade. The 20th Century will be known as the American Century as this nation truly was the catalyst for a lot of change. In the zeal for greater riches and more empire, the dynamic that led to that rise has been lost...and just like other failing empires, we're broke and reliant on others to support our extravagant indulgences.

[emulatorloo]

4. I think you could get a pretty good essay/article out of this idea.

It is an interesting analogy.

[izquierdista]

5. Spelling error

It should be "coproforming" -- turning the earth into a steaming pile of shit.