These are terrorists who work on behalf of the largest, wealthiest transnational corporations to destroy the lives of regular people by holding politicians and governmental entities hostage with threats of bankrolling their opponents with campaign contributions (or worse) if their interests are not served by the political system and those who hold power within it.
The United States Congress could easily pass health care reform that covers everyone and doesn't bankrupt people who have to use the health insurance they have, good insurance like citizens in every other developed country around the world enjoy, if not for the corporaterrorists threatening to spend millions of dollars of their money to run campaign ads against any Senator or Congressman who votes for too much reform.
A type of government in which huge corporations, through bribes, gifts, and the funding of ad campaigns that oppose candidates they don't like, become the driving force behind the executive, judicial and legislative branches.
"Man, since the Supreme Court ruled in January that corporations could spend trillions of dollars on election ads, this corporatocracy we're living in will really crap all over the little guy."
A system of government that serves the interest of, and may be run by corporations and involves ties between government and business. Where corporations, conglomerates, and/or government entities with private components, control the direction and governance of a country.
1. A social and economic class of rulers, defined by their involvement in the ownership and management of large corporations.
2. The social and economic structures that empower and protect such rulers.
3. The political culture that serves such rulers.