Reply #36: not bad people

[Two Americas]

The people running and working for corporations are not all bad people, they are trapped in a system, just as we all are, that puts profits before people. They must answer only to shareholders - they have no choice. They have no personal liability - that is the nature of corporations. It is a set up that brings out the worst in people, and it would be simple to rectify. It will not be easy, because there are malefactors hiding behind the corporate shield and they will fight hard against the people to protect their own power and wealth. But we should not be ruled by those few.

Business and ingenuity and entrepreneurship would not be harmed by reigning in corporations; they would be strengthened. We could abolish all corporations without harming business in the least. A corporation is merely a legal fiction - a government granted privilege to do business without personal liability, yet have that business enjoy the same rights as human beings. That is morally wrong. It is not anti-business to be anti-corporation.