Quote:Except it's not all corporations or even corporations in general, it's those corporations who have government bought and paid for, who not only pay no taxes but actually receive vast sums of public money in the name of 'growing the economy' - the corporations who have their liabilities limited by the government backing them - the pharmaceutical companies who can no longer be sued for making dangerous products because they have a deal with the state - the banks who can't fail even when they do incredibly stupid things because they're 'too big to fail' - the companies who get away with pollution on large scales because they can't be sued by the public - the broadcasters who can openly lie to the public because the very people who are supposed to regulate them are being paid off and the public can no longer sue them for fraud because the regulator has seized that function entirely - the Donald Trumps who get the government to use "Eminent Domain" to seize land from private citizens to build their fucking casinos - the companies who are given such incredible advantages over their competitors so as to make competition impossible meaning the market cannot function properly and prices cannot come down, wages cannot rise and anyone who wants to do anything about it is fucked... As far as corporations being a problem is concerned it undoubtedly these specific types of government-corporate arrangements that do the real harm - None of this is Free Market, It's Corporatism, We both agree that this shit is no good, what we disagree on is the solution.
Well said Void. I have no hate for corporations in general, merely distrust. On the other hand, I openly oppose the corporations you mention in this post. Im tired of people claiming progressives are "anti-business / anti-capitalists". I am pro business / capitalism. I am ANTI- greed and "cut throat capitalism".
