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Which Corporation is the greatest Evil known to mankind?

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Originally posted by: JackBurton
Jesus Inc.
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me? i despise some corporations, but not under the premise they are evil.

people don't understand Halliburton either... they hate it for one thing, although the reason SOME should hate it as a corporation is because they own one of the largest PMC's (Kellogg Brown Root, KBR for short).. but me? I like KBR and believe KBR's role as PMC is actually good.. but thing again I have strange beliefs and have come to like PMC's.
 
How about OPEC? Sure they're a Cartel of oil producing countries, but definitly far worse than anything in the poll. They are FAR worse than Exxon, who is an angel compared to OPEC as a whole.
 
"Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it can blame for the nation's troubles and use as a justification of its own demand for dictatorial powers. In Soviet Russia, the scapegoat was the bourgeoisie; in Nazi Germany, it was the Jewish people; in America, it is the businessmen."

~Ayn Rand - 1961

It is so amazing how right she was...
 
Originally posted by: thegimp03
Walmart.
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QFT (for both Quoted for Truth AND Quit Fvckin Talking, because as the most efficient corporation, they drive out ALL competition, causing their efficiency to rise, their size also makes it simply impossible for most corporations to compete, as they can price goods below cost)
 
Originally posted by: newParadigm
Originally posted by: thegimp03
Walmart.
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QFT (for both Quoted for Truth AND Quit Fvckin Talking, because as the most efficient corporation, they drive out ALL competition, causing their efficiency to rise, their size also makes it simply impossible for most corporations to compete, as they can price goods below cost)
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Funny, my town has two Walmarts. It also has many locally owned pharmacies, way too many Walgreens, a Target, two K-marts, a Miejers and a whole host of locally owned hardware stores. Not to mention hundreds of other specialized and general retail businesses that all compete with Walmart in their own way. All are thriving.

All competition, huh?

Complete bullsh!t.
 
Originally posted by: wazzledoozle
Haliburton... what other corporation can mass produce products that are designed to kill people in the most efficient way possible?
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lmfao, post of the year!!

 
Originally posted by: Amused
"Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it can blame for the nation's troubles and use as a justification of its own demand for dictatorial powers. In Soviet Russia, the scapegoat was the bourgeoisie; in Nazi Germany, it was the Jewish people; in America, it is the businessmen."

~Ayn Rand - 1961

It is so amazing how right she was...
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The fact that you're trying to apply that quote in regard to some of these companies makes you sound incredibly foolish. We're not talking about companies being evil because they're making large profits or not being socially or enviornmentaly conscious or any other foolish reason like that. We're talking about companies with flat out unethical business practices. Being a cheat is not defensible no matter what group you're part of or how you try to spin it.

Most of these companies are more Allied Steel than they are Rearden Steel. At least in the sense that's being discussed here. I know you love Any Rand and I can't blame you there but think about how you're trying to apply her words and what she actually meant.
 
The Ferderal Reserve (yes, it is a privately owned corporation).

You guys are silly to talk about sony when there are truly evil corporations out there they get people killed/maimed.
 
Sony are the only company I have hated enough to boycott all of their products, and to put how much I hate Sony into perspective for you, I still pay for video games published and/or developed by EA.
 
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: Amused
"Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it can blame for the nation's troubles and use as a justification of its own demand for dictatorial powers. In Soviet Russia, the scapegoat was the bourgeoisie; in Nazi Germany, it was the Jewish people; in America, it is the businessmen."

~Ayn Rand - 1961

It is so amazing how right she was...
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The fact that you're trying to apply that quote in regard to some of these companies makes you sound incredibly foolish. We're not talking about companies being evil because they're making large profits or not being socially or enviornmentaly conscious or any other foolish reason like that. We're talking about companies with flat out unethical business practices. Being a cheat is not defensible no matter what group you're part of or how you try to spin it.

Most of these companies are more Allied Steel than they are Rearden Steel. At least in the sense that's being discussed here. I know you love Any Rand and I can't blame you there but think about how you're trying to apply her words and what she actually meant.
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Actually it fits perfectly, since most of the supposed "unethical business practices" many of these companies are accused of are, in reality, just capitalist competition. Yes, Enron was the ready exception. Fraud is wrong. But to call Walmart a cheat is absurd.

So yes, her quote fits just fine, since it was written as part of a tirade against anti-trust laws passed in the late 50s.
 
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