All this talk about Corporatism being the bad guy I think gets away from the real problem. All of these goods-for-sale and methods to corporate domination are possible but to say that we are helpless is a falsehood.
Corporations are based on money. If money stops coming in, a corporation dies. So if you think that the largest consumer nation on the planet is helpless to Corporatism then maybe we should rethink where we are spending our dollars. None of these corporations, publishers, etc. who work against the environment would be worth anything if we didn't keep giving them our money.
Bottom line- if we, as a people, control the corporations' capital morally, they will have to follow suit.
But we don't. We buy disposable everything, we buy in to sensational journalism, we like our 2 cars per household, we support companies which cut environmental corners by always buying their cheaper goods. And, in so doing, we perpetuate the problem. I'm not saying the blame doesn't lie at all with the corporations but we've been unwitting accomplices for a long time.
The protestors in Seattle can plead with the corp's to think morally and exercise some judgment. But they have to remain competitive to stay alive. So, if the corp's who are selling the most were the ones that act globally with some morality, then this will become the corporate trend.
In our capitalist society, it's quite true that money talks and bull$@#t walks. What has your money been saying lately?
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All this talk about Corporatism being the bad guy I think gets away from the real problem. All of these goods-for-sale and methods to corporate domination are possible but to say that we are helpless is a falsehood.
Corporations are based on money. If money stops coming in, a corporation dies. So if you think that the largest consumer nation on the planet is helpless to Corporatism then maybe we should rethink where we are spending our dollars. None of these corporations, publishers, etc. who work against the environment would be worth anything if we didn't keep giving them our money.
Bottom line- if we, as a people, control the corporations' capital morally, they will have to follow suit.
But we don't. We buy disposable everything, we buy in to sensational journalism, we like our 2 cars per household, we support companies which cut environmental corners by always buying their cheaper goods. And, in so doing, we perpetuate the problem. I'm not saying the blame doesn't lie at all with the corporations but we've been unwitting accomplices for a long time.
The protestors in Seattle can plead with the corp's to think morally and exercise some judgment. But they have to remain competitive to stay alive. So, if the corp's who are selling the most were the ones that act globally with some morality, then this will become the corporate trend.
In our capitalist society, it's quite true that money talks and bull$@#t walks. What has your money been saying lately?