Reply #33: Read Throstein Veblen, read history, especially "corproate personhood"

[tom_paine]

The corporation is a tool, and not inherently evil. However, like guns (which are also not inherently evil), both are tools which are favored for use by bad people to do bad things.

Does than make all corporations bad? No. Is it anti-capitalist to take note of the fact that corporations have been historically often misused, from Love Canal to Enron, willfully, knowingly, and to the great detriment of millions?

No, and if I am an anti-capitalist just for saying so, it would be a great surprise to my stockbroker.

Is everything wrong in the world the responsibilty of corporations? Of course not.

But are the Busheviks using the corporation as a weapon to destroy democracy, liberty, and the constitutional system of governance? Yes, absolutely!

Do corporations have too much power? Yes. Neither of those two things are a myth. They are as real, obvious, and demonstrable.

And I say emphatically. It is NOT anti-capitalist to say so. Quite the opposite, in many cases (not all), where criticism is out of caring and concern.

I happen to like capitalism. I believe in it as a system. But ANY system...ANY...is subject to corruption if it doesn't have checks and balanes. Capitalism is no different.