I wish I could give Jacobs' post the multitude of kudos it deserves.
He's right on the spot. Companies like Kimberly Clark and Haliburton spend tremendous amounts of money lobbying congress; do you actually think they're going to spend all that money if they don't expect something in return?
They give money to the campaigns of politicians they can easily manipulate and then they manipulate them into making decisions that benefit the company. And the politicians go along with it because if they don't, the company will just turn around and give their money to someone else, instead, and that someone else will probably win the eletion.
Companies do what benefits themselves, even if it harms everyone else. I don't think of them as evil as much as I think of them as massivly irresponsible, not to mention a lot of the politicians who go along with them are painfully naive.
He's right on the spot. Companies like Kimberly Clark and Haliburton spend tremendous amounts of money lobbying congress; do you actually think they're going to spend all that money if they don't expect something in return?
They give money to the campaigns of politicians they can easily manipulate and then they manipulate them into making decisions that benefit the company. And the politicians go along with it because if they don't, the company will just turn around and give their money to someone else, instead, and that someone else will probably win the eletion.
Companies do what benefits themselves, even if it harms everyone else. I don't think of them as evil as much as I think of them as massivly irresponsible, not to mention a lot of the politicians who go along with them are painfully naive.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
