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> Corporations usually sell goods and services, but do not have control over individuals most fundamental rights including those of freedom, health or even life
by asgard1024 6y ago
> Corporations usually sell goods and services, but do not have control over individuals most fundamental rights including those of freedom, health or even life - like governments often do.
And yet in the U.S., your health care and pension is often tied to your employment at a corporation. For some people, for example those on work visa, having employment in a particular corporation is tied to living in the same country.
Vice versa, a democratic government has less control over your life than you might think.
And if we look at things like free speech - I can freely criticize the government but criticizing the corporation is often difficult.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago> I can freely criticize the government but criticizing the corporation is often difficult. What do you mean by this? Google is a smoking pile of dumpster fires filled with turds. Should I now expect Google agents to come to my house and disappear my family and I?
- asgard1024 6y agoI come from a former communist country. Non-existence of free speech didn't always mean that somebody will disappear you. It might also have meant that you lose your cushy job and get a less cushy job. Which is not really all that different from what can happen if you openly criticize the CEO of your corporation, even internally.