The thing I find most galling about this is not merely what it contains. It is an awful document, with horrible policy, yes.<p>But, what is most disgusting is that we had to learn of how bad it is from <i>leaked documents</i>.<p>The leadership in <i>many</i> nations (not just in one nation, this is effectively a conspiracy at the highest levels of several nations, most egregiously the US) supported the TPP, lobbied for the TPP on behalf of a select few corporate interests, and all around sold themselves to the highest bidder, while keeping the details of it a secret from the people they allegedly represent. Democracy doesn&#x27;t run on secrecy. What these leaders are pushing is not democratic, it is oligarchic.<p>It isn&#x27;t one party&#x27;s doing, either. This secret deal is not a Republican deal, or a Democrat deal. It has, at various times, had vocal support (even petulant support in the case of Obama, when fast track powers were on the line) from the likes of Hillary Clinton (she now makes noises acting as though she doesn&#x27;t like it, despite championing it dozens of times, and after the damage has already been done), most high ranking Republicans in the house and senate, and damned near everybody else who ever cashed a check from ALEC.<p>All while it was secret. All while the only people allowed to see it were the lawmakers supporting and writing it and the corporations that paid for it (seriously, legal representatives from several multinational corporations saw this deal before the people of the United States were allowed to see it). Even if the deal <i>weren&#x27;t</i> awful, it would still be awful, because of the way it is being made.