I was hoping you weren't going to go to "teh MaRkEtZ!" But you went there. Do you really think that corporations are going to be look beyond the next quarterly profit report in order to do something for the common weal? You may argue "they want to still be around in 100 years" but it would be absolute BS. If you believe so you don't understand modern capitalism. Capitalism has become a craps table. No one is interested in long term sustainability because there's a fortune to be made in this lifetime dammit!. No. Sorry, I would much rather trust the future of the world to politicians, who at least have to make a pretense of being in the service of the public, than the corporations, who are legally bound to act in the interests of its shareholders; in other words, make a profit quickly so they can move on.
You freemarketeers act as if the 1860s, 1890s, 1920s, 1980s and the last few years never happened.
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Date: 18/11/10 09:48 (UTC)I was hoping you weren't going to go to "teh MaRkEtZ!" But you went there. Do you really think that corporations are going to be look beyond the next quarterly profit report in order to do something for the common weal? You may argue "they want to still be around in 100 years" but it would be absolute BS. If you believe so you don't understand modern capitalism. Capitalism has become a craps table. No one is interested in long term sustainability because there's a fortune to be made in this lifetime dammit!. No. Sorry, I would much rather trust the future of the world to politicians, who at least have to make a pretense of being in the service of the public, than the corporations, who are legally bound to act in the interests of its shareholders; in other words, make a profit quickly so they can move on.
You freemarketeers act as if the 1860s, 1890s, 1920s, 1980s and the last few years never happened.