y66, on 2014-January-15, 08:41, said:
Just because corporations are people too doesn't mean they have a moral obligation to give a f*** about anyone's interests but their own.
No -- by law, in fact, they're not allowed to.
That's the problem. We praise a system in which corporations and those connected with power and money are given even more protection and privileges, while everyone else is left to fend for themselves. The problem is that system. The problem is that our government, which controls what is allowable and what is not, has cultivated a corporate system that works increasingly well for a select few, and all others be damned.
The government has the power to allow whatever system it wants, and for 30+ years, this is exactly what it has allowed. So this is what we get.
And we voted for the people responsible for it, so we get what we deserve. A country that is decaying from the middle outward, while the fortunate watch their bank accounts and power grow.
In a sense, we all chose this.
Reagan, however, is the one who made it look appealing. And for THAT, I find him despicable.