And corporations are somehow different? Let's see. They're organizations of people with immense buying power and influence who use these resources and any others they can appropriate (read: Buy/Steal/Cheat) from the original owners to amass more wealth and influence.
The only difference seems to be that when corporations get called on their bullshit, the people doing it don't get labelled as terrorists or dissidents.
And thus corporations are equally capable of the abuses we suffer under our current government. Dismantling the government isn't going to stop the corporate douche baggery, it just means the people now have one less tool to wield against the Corps.
How do you propose to keep lumber companies from destroying national parks without government enforcement? How are we to keep oil companies from causing enormous spills and then just leaving them there for nature to deal with? You Uber-Capitalists go on and on about how great everything would be in a pure capitalist society, and you ignore the fact that many of these regulations and governmental bodies exist precisely BECAUSE corporations have proven they can't be trusted to worry about anything other than profit.
[–] Doomking_Grimlock ago
And corporations are somehow different? Let's see. They're organizations of people with immense buying power and influence who use these resources and any others they can appropriate (read: Buy/Steal/Cheat) from the original owners to amass more wealth and influence.
The only difference seems to be that when corporations get called on their bullshit, the people doing it don't get labelled as terrorists or dissidents.
[–] Chiefpacman ago
Did I say corporations should be trusted? Excuse me if I did, I don't see where I said it though...
Corporations and the government shld be viewed as organizations made up of PEOPLE.
[–] Doomking_Grimlock ago
And thus corporations are equally capable of the abuses we suffer under our current government. Dismantling the government isn't going to stop the corporate douche baggery, it just means the people now have one less tool to wield against the Corps.
How do you propose to keep lumber companies from destroying national parks without government enforcement? How are we to keep oil companies from causing enormous spills and then just leaving them there for nature to deal with? You Uber-Capitalists go on and on about how great everything would be in a pure capitalist society, and you ignore the fact that many of these regulations and governmental bodies exist precisely BECAUSE corporations have proven they can't be trusted to worry about anything other than profit.