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Chomsky is SO wrong as to corporations. I find it's ALWAYS the ones that not a day have they worked in the private sector such that they are so unbelievable clueless to what a corporation is. It is a "private' entity that in most ALL cases can only exist thru a risk-takers incentive. It is akin to an individual. Its mandate is to its "stakeholders". It's like that guy was listing different types to apples, then at end of his list tosses in a watermelon. It belongs NO WHERE NEAR that list. Lastly, and as to its accountability, it is accountable to its competitors and a myriad of regulations.
A corporation's primary fiduciary duty being to it's shareholders is exactly the problem when it comes to promoting the greater good of all - which is not their job - it's the government's job to look after the greater good of all.
And therefore it is the government's job to keep corporations under a tight legal framework - a duty gov'ts have abandoned since the 1980s under the guise of 'neo-liberalism', using two random economists (Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman) who were elevated to superstar status to back up the disastrous notion of private corporations running public assets.
Some accountability ... public assets (eg: water) asset stripped while shareholders & CEOs walk away with the money -- leaving the public to pick up the tab, dine on a polluted water supply, and swim in shit-infested waters by what used to be beautiful beaches. Given corporate lobbying and corrupt politicians, there is no corporate accountability.
Wrong. The government's role is not to PROMOTE - greater good or otherwise. The government's role is simply to provide the framework (Constitution / body of laws) - the guardrails.
So since the 1980s, the body of laws as relates to corporations have been attrited / removed en masse? Do tell us!
"Disastrous notion" of private entities running public assets ??? You are WHOLLY clueless - there are COUNTLESS examples. A smattering:
DHL in Germany privatized
Virgin Trains in the UK
Charter schools - globally (care to discuss the failings of the public school system since ~1979? - Department of Education)
Waste Management in the US
On and on ...
Privatization introduces efficiency, innovation, and competition.
What you liberals are clueless to? The analog to "profit" in the private sector (of course you don't believe there is an analog), is "inefficiency".
And from a cost to the end-consumer? Cost: profit << Inefficiency.
Have you heard of Milei / Argentina?
Even BIGGER head scratcher to what you just posted???! USAID? NGOs??? Hello?!?!? A massive source of public funded GRAFT
You peeps are utterly lost ...
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - “who will watch the watchmen?
NO ONE in your world ... the government doesn't police itself.
These are one of the quotes one can learn from.quote #1 that say that first casualty of when the war comes is Truth,it is so true yet the war keeps happening on conspiracy theories,these conspiracy theories are repeated so many times that it kills the truth.
Quote # 2 ,should any man die ignorant who has capacity for knowledge,is a tragedy.Any person who is suppressed to obtain knowledge because of socioeconomic & ethnicity factors it self is tragic.quote # 4 ,is so true ,that Authoritarian regime of any kind is a threat to Democracy.The last quote,make us think the very truth that the only way to be happy is to make others happy which in turn brings more happiness to the person who started it.An unhappy person cannot make others happy.
I would like a more diverse line of folks ( gender and nationality) and also some bio background but other than those quibbles a wonderful idea and read! The questions are really great!
Great quote from Chomsky. That is the way Mexican democracy is dying.
The human condition dictates that we should spend frivolously on worthless things yet we hesitate to invest $3 per month on pearls of wisdom that might enrich and extend our lives and lighten the burden to those around us.
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Chomsky is SO wrong as to corporations. I find it's ALWAYS the ones that not a day have they worked in the private sector such that they are so unbelievable clueless to what a corporation is. It is a "private' entity that in most ALL cases can only exist thru a risk-takers incentive. It is akin to an individual. Its mandate is to its "stakeholders". It's like that guy was listing different types to apples, then at end of his list tosses in a watermelon. It belongs NO WHERE NEAR that list. Lastly, and as to its accountability, it is accountable to its competitors and a myriad of regulations.
Wholly ignorant statement.
A corporation's primary fiduciary duty being to it's shareholders is exactly the problem when it comes to promoting the greater good of all - which is not their job - it's the government's job to look after the greater good of all.
And therefore it is the government's job to keep corporations under a tight legal framework - a duty gov'ts have abandoned since the 1980s under the guise of 'neo-liberalism', using two random economists (Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman) who were elevated to superstar status to back up the disastrous notion of private corporations running public assets.
Some accountability ... public assets (eg: water) asset stripped while shareholders & CEOs walk away with the money -- leaving the public to pick up the tab, dine on a polluted water supply, and swim in shit-infested waters by what used to be beautiful beaches. Given corporate lobbying and corrupt politicians, there is no corporate accountability.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.
CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILY? HA!
Wrong. The government's role is not to PROMOTE - greater good or otherwise. The government's role is simply to provide the framework (Constitution / body of laws) - the guardrails.
So since the 1980s, the body of laws as relates to corporations have been attrited / removed en masse? Do tell us!
"Disastrous notion" of private entities running public assets ??? You are WHOLLY clueless - there are COUNTLESS examples. A smattering:
DHL in Germany privatized
Virgin Trains in the UK
Charter schools - globally (care to discuss the failings of the public school system since ~1979? - Department of Education)
Waste Management in the US
On and on ...
Privatization introduces efficiency, innovation, and competition.
What you liberals are clueless to? The analog to "profit" in the private sector (of course you don't believe there is an analog), is "inefficiency".
And from a cost to the end-consumer? Cost: profit << Inefficiency.
Have you heard of Milei / Argentina?
Even BIGGER head scratcher to what you just posted???! USAID? NGOs??? Hello?!?!? A massive source of public funded GRAFT
You peeps are utterly lost ...
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - “who will watch the watchmen?
NO ONE in your world ... the government doesn't police itself.
I agree with you -- 'Let the Dead bury their own Dead'
These are one of the quotes one can learn from.quote #1 that say that first casualty of when the war comes is Truth,it is so true yet the war keeps happening on conspiracy theories,these conspiracy theories are repeated so many times that it kills the truth.
Quote # 2 ,should any man die ignorant who has capacity for knowledge,is a tragedy.Any person who is suppressed to obtain knowledge because of socioeconomic & ethnicity factors it self is tragic.quote # 4 ,is so true ,that Authoritarian regime of any kind is a threat to Democracy.The last quote,make us think the very truth that the only way to be happy is to make others happy which in turn brings more happiness to the person who started it.An unhappy person cannot make others happy.
THE IGNORANT MAN WITH THE CAPACITY FOR MUCH, MUCH MORE, DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THIS - AND YES A TRAGEDY.
I would like a more diverse line of folks ( gender and nationality) and also some bio background but other than those quibbles a wonderful idea and read! The questions are really great!