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Corporations are just people, the same as countries are just people. To think that they operate apart from the decisions of their leaders and members is just si
by dev_dull 7y ago
Corporations are just people, the same as countries are just people. To think that they operate apart from the decisions of their leaders and members is just silly. There aren’t “good” and “bad” corporations. There’s good and bad leaders and members.
I feel like there’s a strong shift happening in the US away from personal affect and responsibility and shifting it into legislative and corporate policies. The self is out of the equation.
The strongest manifestations of this (to me) are the perceived hypocrisy of proponents of this change. For example believe everyone should pay more in taxes without voluntarily paying more than the minimum themselves. Insist on inane doomsday climate predictions but also fight vehemently against nuclear power and jet travel for vacations without a care. List goes on.
Our problem as a society always seems to be those pesky other people and never ourselves.
- hn_throwaway_99 7y agoIf corporations are 'just people', then we should be fine getting rid of all of the legal fictions that protect these individual people from the consequences of their actions.
- dev_dull 7y agoCompletely agree.