Businesses exist to do one thing and one thing only: make money. They're not there to be nice, they're not there to provide jobs... they're here to line their own pockets, and whatever methods or effort rewards them the most is what they'll chose to do.
That's why it's important to always tell businesses what's not okay, whether with legislation or our wallets...and to actively incentivize them to do 'good' things. Frankly, America has been horrendous at both of those.
The problem now isn't even corporate personhood. It's that corporations are treated BETTER that people. A person who ruins thousands of lives will go to jail. A corporation that does it will be fined, at best. People will eventually die. Corporations get bailed out. People get to vote. Corporations hire lobbyists and spend billions of dollars buying politicians who then ignore their own constituents. We have to get corporations out of politics, and we have to start holding them accountable for their actions.
My suggestion? Make politician a less profitable profession. Maybe then we can elect people interested in conservation and equality. Anything would be better than what we have now.
Businesses exist to do one thing and one thing only: make money. They're not there to be nice, they're not there to provide jobs... they're here to line their own pockets, and whatever methods or effort rewards them the most is what they'll chose to do.
That's why it's important to always tell businesses what's not okay, whether with legislation or our wallets...and to actively incentivize them to do 'good' things. Frankly, America has been horrendous at both of those.
The problem now isn't even corporate personhood. It's that corporations are treated BETTER that people. A person who ruins thousands of lives will go to jail. A corporation that does it will be fined, at best. People will eventually die. Corporations get bailed out. People get to vote. Corporations hire lobbyists and spend billions of dollars buying politicians who then ignore their own constituents. We have to get corporations out of politics, and we have to start holding them accountable for their actions.
My suggestion? Make politician a less profitable profession. Maybe then we can elect people interested in conservation and equality. Anything would be better than what we have now.