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The Corporation
Posted by:
Truth21
()
Date: July 19, 2010 06:37PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pin8fbdGV9Y
1. The Corporation is today's dominant institution, creating great wealth but also great harm. This 26 award-winning documentary examines the nature, evolution, impacts and future of the modern business corporation and the increasing role it plays in society and our everyday lives.
1. The Corporation is today's dominant institution, creating great wealth but also great harm. This 26 award-winning documentary examines the nature, evolution, impacts and future of the modern business corporation and the increasing role it plays in society and our everyday lives.
Re: The Corporation
Posted by:
WashingTone-Locian
()
Date: July 19, 2010 09:52PM
Made possible by the evil corporation that distributed it and hosted by the evil corporations that own YouTube and Hulu.
Look, I think corporations are not people and we probably could use a Constitutional Amendment to resolve that issue once and for all. But our problems aren't due to corporations, or religion, the government, or unions, or the NRA, or, frankly, either of the political parties (as much as I bash the RNC).
You know what our problem is? Us. Americans. We are the fucking problem. We want our leaders to be infallible. We want Medicare, Social Security, National Defense, Education, Roads, Mass Transit, etc, etc, etc...but we don't want to pay for it.
The fact is, it may very well take a complete economic collapse to fix our problems...because then we will have no choice but to deal with them.
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm
Look, I think corporations are not people and we probably could use a Constitutional Amendment to resolve that issue once and for all. But our problems aren't due to corporations, or religion, the government, or unions, or the NRA, or, frankly, either of the political parties (as much as I bash the RNC).
You know what our problem is? Us. Americans. We are the fucking problem. We want our leaders to be infallible. We want Medicare, Social Security, National Defense, Education, Roads, Mass Transit, etc, etc, etc...but we don't want to pay for it.
The fact is, it may very well take a complete economic collapse to fix our problems...because then we will have no choice but to deal with them.
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm
Re: The Corporation
Posted by:
ThePackLeader
()
Date: July 19, 2010 09:57PM
WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> Made possible by the evil corporation that
> distributed it and hosted by the evil corporations
> that own YouTube and Hulu.
>
> Look, I think corporations are not people and we
> probably could use a Constitutional Amendment to
> resolve that issue once and for all. But our
> problems aren't due to corporations, or religion,
> the government, or unions, or the NRA, or,
> frankly, either of the political parties (as much
> as I bash the RNC).
>
> You know what our problem is? Us. Americans. We
> are the fucking problem. We want our leaders to be
> infallible. We want Medicare, Social Security,
> National Defense, Education, Roads, Mass Transit,
> etc, etc, etc...but we don't want to pay for it.
>
> The fact is, it may very well take a complete
> economic collapse to fix our problems...because
> then we will have no choice but to deal with them.
The work ethic is a huge problem, but even more so is the fact that we've lost a tremendous amount of our manufacturing capability over the past couple of decades.
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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).
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> Made possible by the evil corporation that
> distributed it and hosted by the evil corporations
> that own YouTube and Hulu.
>
> Look, I think corporations are not people and we
> probably could use a Constitutional Amendment to
> resolve that issue once and for all. But our
> problems aren't due to corporations, or religion,
> the government, or unions, or the NRA, or,
> frankly, either of the political parties (as much
> as I bash the RNC).
>
> You know what our problem is? Us. Americans. We
> are the fucking problem. We want our leaders to be
> infallible. We want Medicare, Social Security,
> National Defense, Education, Roads, Mass Transit,
> etc, etc, etc...but we don't want to pay for it.
>
> The fact is, it may very well take a complete
> economic collapse to fix our problems...because
> then we will have no choice but to deal with them.
The work ethic is a huge problem, but even more so is the fact that we've lost a tremendous amount of our manufacturing capability over the past couple of decades.
==================================================================================================
"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).
Re: The Corporation
Posted by:
WashingTone-Locian
()
Date: July 19, 2010 10:06PM
ThePackLeader Wrote:
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>
> The work ethic is a huge problem, but even more so
> is the fact that we've lost a tremendous amount of
> our manufacturing capability over the past couple
> of decades.
Work ethic won't out-compete someone making $10 for a day of work. It comes with a global economy. If we want free markets, we have to compete with the world. That's not the fault of the corporations. That's our fault for wanting cheap products.
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm
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>
> The work ethic is a huge problem, but even more so
> is the fact that we've lost a tremendous amount of
> our manufacturing capability over the past couple
> of decades.
Work ethic won't out-compete someone making $10 for a day of work. It comes with a global economy. If we want free markets, we have to compete with the world. That's not the fault of the corporations. That's our fault for wanting cheap products.
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm
Re: The Corporation
Posted by:
Vince(1)
()
Date: July 19, 2010 10:36PM
I think you underestimate the power and influence of "corporations, or religion,
> the government, or unions, or the NRA, or,
> frankly, either of the political parties (as much
> as I bash the RNC)."
Registered Voter...a Big talking coward..big man on FFXU...little man in life.
> the government, or unions, or the NRA, or,
> frankly, either of the political parties (as much
> as I bash the RNC)."
Registered Voter...a Big talking coward..big man on FFXU...little man in life.
Re: The Corporation
Posted by:
WashingTone-Locian
()
Date: July 19, 2010 10:39PM
Vince(1) Wrote:
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> I think you underestimate the power and influence
> of "corporations, or religion,
> > the government, or unions, or the NRA, or,
> > frankly, either of the political parties (as
> much
> > as I bash the RNC)."
People choose to be influenced. The Nazi Party wasn't a corporation or a religion.
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm
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> I think you underestimate the power and influence
> of "corporations, or religion,
> > the government, or unions, or the NRA, or,
> > frankly, either of the political parties (as
> much
> > as I bash the RNC)."
People choose to be influenced. The Nazi Party wasn't a corporation or a religion.
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm