25-01-2010, 01:45 PM
It's not just a U.S.issue. If I remember my business courses at all, the corporation is an internationally recognized creation that removes personal liability from the people making decisions. Now it's the fault of the "corporate entity" if something turns out smelly. "Corporate assets" can be seized, corporations "punished" while the real, living, breathing individuals calling the shots get away unscathed. Sometimes even getting bonuses!
We willingly accept statements such as "The U.S. and Pakistan are having high level talks..." without a thought...We should be interpreting that as "A few people with massive power (maybe elected, maybe not) from the U.S. and Pakistan are deciding the fate of millions of others with or without their consent..."
In the same vein the now universal acceptance of corporate entities allows them to be thought of as the responsible parties in decisions that affect us all- removing and isolating the real individuals behind them.
This conversation brought to mind another thread I recalled going through some time ago:...where it was brought out that individuals can be legally made into corporations! Alice in Wonderland, it is...
We willingly accept statements such as "The U.S. and Pakistan are having high level talks..." without a thought...We should be interpreting that as "A few people with massive power (maybe elected, maybe not) from the U.S. and Pakistan are deciding the fate of millions of others with or without their consent..."
In the same vein the now universal acceptance of corporate entities allows them to be thought of as the responsible parties in decisions that affect us all- removing and isolating the real individuals behind them.
This conversation brought to mind another thread I recalled going through some time ago:...where it was brought out that individuals can be legally made into corporations! Alice in Wonderland, it is...
"If you're looking for something that isn't there, you're wasting your time and the taxpayers' money."
-Michael Neuman, U.S. Government bureaucrat, on why NIST didn't address explosives in its report on the WTC collapses
-Michael Neuman, U.S. Government bureaucrat, on why NIST didn't address explosives in its report on the WTC collapses