Monday, November 9, 2009

Corporate Cancer

This is something I am becoming more and more aware of as the days fall away. The world and the United States in particular has cancer, in the form of large corporations. I actually just watched the documentary The Corporation and it only served to reaffirm many ideas that I already had. These large corporations are swallowing up everything in sight in an effort to make money. They have no concern for their fellow man other than how we view them. They dance around and play "tom green thumb" but only so far as to convince the consumer that they are a caring and concerned company. The truth is, the only thing these corporations care about is the bottom line... that is making money. They put the bottom line above everything else including their fellow man. Most of these companies could care less about their carbon footprint, or the working conditions of their factories in China or South America. They don't care if they have to lay off thousands of honest hard working people in order to have a slightly higher profit margin. They certainly are not going to take pay cuts themselves, or should I say itself. By law corporations are considered a single individual, even though they are made up of several chairmen. This in effect takes away the personal responsibility that a business owner would have to face up to. Essentially this "person" who is corporation is a sociopath and we should not stand for it any longer. I know I am going to make changes, however small, to remove my support of these destructive cancerous cells of the worlds economy, will you?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I actually just watched the documentary The Corporation and it only served to reaffirm many ideas that I already had.

You have "Confirmation Bias". Look up the recent article on wsj.com

James said...

I am well aware of confirmation bias and what it is. I can assure you I went into the film with a critical mind. I set myself as neutral as possible when considering the claims that were made in the film. After taking my confirmation bias and the data presented into consideration I stand where I stand.

What do you think about large corporations? Have you seen the documentary I referred to in the post?

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