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When Bush was elected, I was mostly worried about the religious and moral issues that the new admistration would fuck up. The corporate factor was on my mind, but it didn't concern me quite as much.
Lately I've been more and more worried about it. You can imagine how corporations take advantage of weaker countries who can't fight back. Guess what happens when they've taken over those weaker countries, and WE are suddenly the countries with little leverage to fight with?
Lets see... you design plants that when they go to seed, those seeds are not viable? Kick ass! Farmers won't be able to set part of the crop aside for next year's planting. They'll have to buy from you! Congratulations! Wait a minute. What farmer in his right mind would buy such a product? I'll tell you which one. The one with no choice. Maybe he lives in some little country in Africa where big corporations like Monsanto are gaining an tight hold on markets by dealing directly with corrupt governments?
It's funny how conservatives believe in the domino effect as it applies to communist rule in third world countries, but not corporate rule.
You know what else bugs me? How the conservative viewpoint is that everyone should take responsibility for his own actions. Like how if you injure yourself using a product, it was your own fault. But corporations don't have to take resposibility for *their* own actions. Like injuring their employees. "Hey, we didn't know that stuff was toxic. Nobody died in OUR tests." Or cleaning up an oil spill. "Ooops, we couldn't possibly get all that cleaned up." Or filing bankruptcy. "Hey, we're going to try this again, and we need money. You're out of luck." Or giving the CEO's huge salaries and stock options and bonuses, when their employees' wages are frozen, or worse. Oh wait, that's a different issue: Greed. Um... I guess that's not a different issue after all.
I guess the main difference between liberal and conservative principles is that liberals *have* principles.
Lately I've been more and more worried about it. You can imagine how corporations take advantage of weaker countries who can't fight back. Guess what happens when they've taken over those weaker countries, and WE are suddenly the countries with little leverage to fight with?
Lets see... you design plants that when they go to seed, those seeds are not viable? Kick ass! Farmers won't be able to set part of the crop aside for next year's planting. They'll have to buy from you! Congratulations! Wait a minute. What farmer in his right mind would buy such a product? I'll tell you which one. The one with no choice. Maybe he lives in some little country in Africa where big corporations like Monsanto are gaining an tight hold on markets by dealing directly with corrupt governments?
It's funny how conservatives believe in the domino effect as it applies to communist rule in third world countries, but not corporate rule.
You know what else bugs me? How the conservative viewpoint is that everyone should take responsibility for his own actions. Like how if you injure yourself using a product, it was your own fault. But corporations don't have to take resposibility for *their* own actions. Like injuring their employees. "Hey, we didn't know that stuff was toxic. Nobody died in OUR tests." Or cleaning up an oil spill. "Ooops, we couldn't possibly get all that cleaned up." Or filing bankruptcy. "Hey, we're going to try this again, and we need money. You're out of luck." Or giving the CEO's huge salaries and stock options and bonuses, when their employees' wages are frozen, or worse. Oh wait, that's a different issue: Greed. Um... I guess that's not a different issue after all.
I guess the main difference between liberal and conservative principles is that liberals *have* principles.
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I take it back
Date: 2001-02-14 10:46 am (UTC)From: