No. I haven't seen the recent episodes of Red Dwarf. It was such a sad, funny show.
But, yes, corporations are now much more powerful than most governments, and they clearly dictate public policy to ours, as the NRA as a lobbyist for gun companies clearly demonstrates. It's gotten to the point where I am numbed to children being gunned down in schools. How sick is that? Maybe we should just take rockets into space and not look back.