Aren't CORPORATIONS more like INVADING ARMIES?

[AnArmyVeteran]

CORPORATIONS versus ARMIES OF OLD
Aren't corporations like small armies conquering as much territory as possible? And just like rogue armies, they don't care what they do to achieve their conquests.

Armies of old used to rape, pillage and destroy to increase their sphere of dominance. Corporations oppress and dominate people and take over their governments. They have an inherent lust to expand their business, driven only by profit. The armies of old were driven by a ruthless lust to expand their countries' boundaries. Are there any real differences between armies of old and today's corporations? What's the difference between an imperialist country and an imperialist corporation? Both are obsessed with conquest and occupation, taking whatever they can.

The results seem to be so similar. In each, conquered individuals were either killed, forced into slavery or severely oppressed. The actions of corporations regularly kill or harm their employees, and they treat their employees and conquered peasants. Corporations seek out the most vulnerable people in the world so they can exploit them, making them virtual slaves. And when they go to other countries corporations know they can force their workers to toil 14 hour days in extremely hazardous environments, that wouldn't normally be permitted in the United States.

Unlike armies, corporations have no allegiance to countries and have no regard for governments. Even the most powerful countries recognize other countries' boundaries, but not corporations, which are so powerful they can virtually own the governments where they fly their corporate flags. They have special forces soldiers, called lobbyists, who have special missions to attack the people of any country using their own government. And they never find a shortage of members of government who are all too eager to sell out their countrymen.

Look at TransOcean, one of the three corporations responsible for the Gulf of Mexico disaster. It flies the flag of the Marshall Islands to avoid maritime laws and has their head office in Steinhausen, Switzerland, a landlocked country, to avoid paying taxes to any country.

Conservatives say they believe in 'personal responsibility', but are always against regulations or laws that force corporations to act ethically, morally, honestly or responsibly. They seem clueless to the fact that when corporations act irresponsibly, it is the citizenry who end up paying, and that means money is coming from their pockets. But instead of placing blame where it should be placed, they instead just mindlessly attack the government. And government is the only weapon the people have against absolute corporate domination.

With our government becoming more and more a corporate whoredom, the chances of the US population retaining even a shred of representation is dying by the day.

So onward corporate 'armies' march, devastating everything in their paths, leaving a trail filled with wounded or dead democracies, oppressed people and a more unstable world...


(Note: I appreciate all feedback, positive or negative. We are all here to learn from one another and to try to make our country, and our world, a better place for all people.)