"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
> Why are they dangerous power structures? If anything they are benign
> power strutuctures. Few other societal institutions are as beholden to
> the wishes of the people. If the corporation stops providing a product
> that the people want, they go out of business and lose their power. Its
> as simple as that.
>
>
You've got to be kidding. You mean the corporations that stand by and watch
while their tires are killing people knowing that they are at fault? The
corporations that try to hide the fact that they've poisoned the drinking
water in the community and do everything in their power to avoid taking
responsibility? The corporations that aim the advertising of their addictive
product at adolescents that are the most vulnerable, hide research that their
product is addictive and deadly, and lie to the congress about it? And on and
on and on, over and over again. I don't think benign is the right word for
corporations. I don't think greed is never intentionally benign.
Doug
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"In the first nine months of 1999, cigarette makers spent $119.9 million
advertising, much of it on brands most popular with young smokers, in
magazines with a significant percentage of teen readers, the study found. That
is almost $30 million more than was spent in the same magazines in the
corresponding period before the settlement, the study said."
>From an AP article reprinted at http://www.buttout.net/proof.html
