| Corporations aren't democracies, they are government-regulated entities designed to turn a profit. Historically, working people have fought and even died en masse against corporate power in order secure the basic rights that we take for granted today. If you can't see the struggle of power between working people, their communities, and their environments with corporate greed, I suggest reading up on the history of labor struggles or major criminal suits surrounding environmental regulation. I used to work in marketing, corporations tell people what they want and they are very effective at it. If you think people are greedy for wanting things like a home they can afford or to not have their farmland and groundwater poisoned by fracking, then there is a serious disconnect with humanity as a whole. That is really the defining characteristic of the ideology of the wealthy ruling class, total disconnect from the needs and realities of the everyday person in exchange for a desire to seek profit. Even worse is trying to shift the blame onto the victims of said irresponsible profit-seeking behavior. Unless you are a member of that class, defending them or their ideology won't win you any brownie points. You can succeed in business without crossing these lines, but many people want more than just success and are willing to cross all the lines. Things like child labor, regime changes, massive global tax evasion schemes, war profiteering, and destruction of natural resources are really indefensible, no matter how you try to twist it. If the government can't prevent these things on behalf of the people, then it has failed and needs replacing. That's my last word on the matter. |
No I don’t think that. But then when their gas and heating bills go up now because we don’t have alternative infrastructure and these same people vote to have cheap gas due to fracking… I’m not really buying “wow these companies sure are screwing everyone”. In this case they’re simply giving people what they want which is what I expect in a functioning democratic market economy. Blaming the company undermines the issue.
Look at the outrage over paper straws or when grocery stores stop handing out plastic bags. Again, nobody is making anyone buy a huge truck to drive back and forth to an office job in.
Failing to also blame people who demand these things takes away their agency and leaves us with suboptimal solutions to environmental problems that we face. You’re confusing things like labor rights with consumerism here.