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Old 10-14-2009, 12:04 PM   #1
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This great movie:YouTube - Flash of Genius - Trailer

It got me thinking, why people choose corporations over government and what leads them to that conclusion.

I will always choose my government over corporations, why?

My government never forgot about me but the corporations did, my government for all the bad it does, when I needed it the most they where there, corporations could care less.

When I was 11 I died, was playing in my back yard with some other kids and we where stacking tent poles to see how high we could get them, well what we didn't know or even think about was the power line, it was at about 15-18feet off the ground it should of been 25-30and should of ben coverd up but thats a diffrent story.

To make a long story short, my mom had no insuance and was living paycheck to paycheck so we didn't have much to begin with. I got out of the hospital a few days later($16,000 for a few days and this was 1994) the power company had 12 lawyers and we went to get one but no one in town would take the case cause of this. They took a lean against my mother and we lost our apartment and we became homeless, the power company never even tryed to make it right they didn't care one bit to them it was water under the bridge.

When we had NOTHING, the only ones that would help us was the government not a church not a corporation not the people but the government.

I want to know why you choose what you choose? what happend in your life to make you think that corporations are better then government or the other way around?

The best line in the moive was somthing like this, its not about the money its about doing the right thing. Its about choosing our morals over our checkbooks about choosing our people over our greed.

Looking forward to the replys=)
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Old 10-14-2009, 12:08 PM   #2
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Corporations give people the illusion of choice.
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Corporations give people the illusion of choice.
How is it an "illusion"?
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How is it an "illusion"?
When a handful of ever-conglomerating entities control all of the earth's resources, you have no choice. You also don't have the same ability to influence decisions as with government (which people are too stupid and apathetic to take hold of).
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When a handful of ever-conglomerating entities control all of the earth's resources, you have no choice. You also don't have the same ability to influence decisions as with government (which people are too stupid and apathetic to take hold of).
I disagree. Consumers clearly have tremendous power to influence corporate decisions from what they make to what they charge to corporate responsiblity. Overwhelmingly you will see corporations react to consumers, not vice-versa.

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I disagree. Consumers clearly have tremendous power to influence corporate decisions from what they make to what they charge to corporate responsiblity. Overwhelmingly you will see corporations react to consumers, not vice-versa.
You mean the same consumers that react based on what the media tells them? who owns the media again?
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You mean the same consumers that react based on what the media tells them? who owns the media again?
I don't remember the media telling me to buy a PC over a Mac or a Honda over a Volkswagen or anything like that.
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Clearly it was someone else's fault that people went 15-20' in the air, and played with powerlines.

Anyhow, the point of this thread is dumb. Why is it a choice between a corporation or the government? How about C, none of the above.
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Clearly it was someone else's fault that people went 15-20' in the air, and played with powerlines.

Anyhow, the point of this thread is dumb. Why is it a choice between a corporation or the government? How about C, none of the above.
For once we agree. But as soon as one's role diminishes, the other will rise and fill the power vacuum. I'd take the one we can control over the one we cannot.
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For once we agree. But as soon as one's role diminishes, the other will rise and fill the power vacuum. I'd take the one we can control over the one we cannot.
Only through revolution will the people control this government.

You seem to think that the people can control one entity, and not the other. I think the people have little control over either, in the manner with which you're generally speaking. On an everyday level, an individual has more control over a corporation by way of the daily choices he or she makes. Don't like Exxon, go to Hess. Don't like Nike, buy Reebok (I understand the limitation this represents with respect to the grander power you're referring to). That's not the case when it comes to government. Elections happen every 4-6 years, and even then, your singular vote holds little weight in the grand scheme of things, and offers no guarantees of satisfaction even if your personal selection is the winner. Has anything changed since republicans and democrats swapped absolute power? Nope.

The worst portion of all this, is the combination of corporate, and political power, and it's ramifications on the average citizen.
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