reply to post by EyeHeartBigfoot
I agree ... BUT, I've worked for corporations that DO benefit the masses, including myself. They DO exist.
I have worked for several Silicon Valley hi-tech internet start-ups that took off and now employee 1,000's of people. Suffice it to say, we wouldn't
be on this Thread if it weren't for these companies. I have also worked for companies that design and develop 'Firewalls', and other encrypted
security measures, that protect our computers, so we can safely access websites, and so on. I worked for cellular phone companies ... well, they do
provide phone service to whomever wants it and can afford it.
Yes, some of them are rag-bags, their customer-service stinks, and they play games and over-charge customers. But, hey, having a cell-phone is a major
convenience. If consumers didn't purchase the product being offered, or they didn't subscribe to a service being offered, they would not have any
customers and they would be out-of-business.
Every single time we purchase an inferior product or subscribe to a service offered by a scum-bag company, we are, essentially, 'casting a vote'.
That's why I don't purchase food, that is 'packaged poison', disguised as a healthy, convienient 'food' product. I don't want to consume this
crapola and I also don't want to 'cast a vote'.
Remember the "Pet Rocks" sold back in the mid-late 1970's? People were buying these rocks, paying good money for a rock when they could have simply
went on a nature hike and picked one up off of the ground or walked in their backyard and found one and cleaned it and hand-painted their own message
or words on the rock. The guy who made a small fortune selling these rocks, sold them b/c people bought them ... there was a demand ... that is, until
the fad finally died and people wised up. No one was forced to buy his Pet Rocks. He wasn't evil. If no one bought the rocks, he couldn't have made
his small fortune.
Monsanto has created a monopoly ... a totally unnecessary and despicable, evil monopoly at that ... one that has negative long-lasting and negative
far-reaching effects that negatively impact the food supply/industry. Unlike many corporations, at Monsanto the ONLY people who actually gain and
benefit are the top-dogs of Monsanto ... no one else, just the head-honchos. The masses do not benefit and the employees probably get screwed left and
right.
So, not all corporations are evil. In fact, many are not. I've worked for some, and, all I can say is this ... "I'd be dead or in deep trouble if
it weren't for them and so would many people I know, including their families.
These companies provide health benefits for the employee and their families, as well as the opportunity to earn a living so that one has a roof over
their heads. They also provide free basic life-insurance so if the employee dies, their family isn't left penniless and doesn't place a burden on
others. The 'pay-out' of these policies buys the surviving family members some time to 'get it together' and survive, instead of losing their home
b/c 'the bread winner' is gone. Many of these corporations are the backbone of this country.
Sadly, Monsanto is not one of those companies, but, truthfully, not all companies or corporations are evil or up to no-good at the expense of others.