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...as a given that governments are evil. Gov't is not inherently ... social entity, including the largest corporations - the power of the gun. ... myth foisted by socialists that corporations possess power even remotely similar to... gov'ts. The essence of corporate power is the power to ... if they don't, the corporation is out of business (as ... to many of them). No corporation can force you to purchase ...

..., because when judging the "evils" of corporations, the ordinary criteria are not ... between the critics' expectations and actual corporate behavior, and that engenders disappointment and...any alleged "public interest." Why are corporations particularly singled out for condemnation on...salaries and dividends, of course, the corporations charge consumers "outrageous" prices for the...

... group take as a given that governments are evil. In almost any thread concerned with politics, economics... of, and guilty of, all the evils of which any group of humans is ...among themselves to cooperate." Not so. Governments (unlike corporations) are groups of people who have agreed among...at the hands of governments exceeds that of corporations by a dozen orders of magnitude.

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...did not, but should have wrote: Many posters in this group take as a given that governments are evil. In almost any thread concerned with politics, economics, or any other social issue, we'll find these...themselves to cooperate. And of course, as such they are capable of, and guilty of, all the evils of which any group of humans is capable. Also like all other humans and groups of them, ...

... the investors and managers of a corporation control more wealth than many countries ... or Aramco, has. The perception of evil has to do with how they .... The only intrinsic power a corporation has is power over its own ...power is being exercised. We judge corporations partly on how these exercises in... "political". In that situation the corporations would still wield vast power. ...

...(and this is important) --- the evils committed by corporations are relatively infrequent and ... doing the reporting is, itself, a corporation. ... A common charge against them is ... any alleged "public interest." Why are corporations particularly singled out for condemnation on...there any need for 'public interest'? .... Corporations are the institutions which produce virtually...

...Well, because when judging the "evils" of corporations, the ordinary criteria are not ... between the critics' expectations and actual corporate behavior, and that engenders disappointment and ... any alleged "public interest." Why are corporations particularly singled out for condemnation on ... salaries and dividends, of course, the corporations charge consumers "outrageous" prices for the...

....935144.19270@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com: Corporations are given tax breaks that ... result of political backscratching and logrolling. Corporations constantly lobby for tax breaks (... as politicians promise free lunches, corporations will line up with their ... investors and managers of a corporation control more wealth than many ... Aramco, has. The perception of evil has to do with how ...