Pro corporation doesn't mean you support corporate boot-heel-on-neck. Ask any conservative what they think of Pharma, the medical industry as a whole, Silicon Valley, Big Oil.
I'm not even a conservative, libertarian (ish) fits better, but I don't think most people understand them.
I'm not pro corporation at all, only so much as them being necessary evil that a limited government should interfere in when absolutely necessary.
It's a hard line, because they're both cucks, and one misstep leads right back to where we are, with government and corps fucking in bed.
I'm not pro corporation at all, only so much as them being necessary evil that a limited government should interfere in when absolutely necessary. It's a hard line, because they're both cucks, and one misstep leads right back to where we are, with government and corps fucking in bed.
Problem is people on the left AND right WANT an ultra powerful nation state to compete with the rest of the world, with ultra powerful corporations competing against the other guys. We can't loosen IP restrictions, or other countries companies will steal from us. We can't break up the military-industrial-complex or the other militaries of the world will get an upper hand. This dynamic was seen in South Korea where they used to have a law that companies couldn't own IP after the owner dies, but Samsung got so powerful and improved the image of their nation so much that they were actively hiding the owner's death so the corporation and Korea could stay on top.
Once that problem is solved and people are willing to change, there are a few things you can do to fix this without giving too much power to corporations OR the government: For one we can start with what JustForTheSalmon said above about removing corporate personhood. Personhood is merely a legal fiction for tax purposes, and maybe some distribution of responsibility. However even that is currently taken too far, and there should always be some C-level human in charge who is criminally responsible for the sins of a company. Eliminate the whole idea that corporations can have rights or responsibilities. That doesn't make sense and warps our thinking here.
Then eliminate the income tax and return the federal government back to its constitutional role. With a tiny federal government they simply won't be able to impose as much regulatory sway over corporations. Many of the laws and regulations will be done at the state level.
Get rid of the Fed - aka the Banking Syndicate - and decentralize the money supply. We can still require the government to borrow from banks to print money, but there doesn't have to be ONE bank in charge, or one currency. Every state should be able to regulate money and decide who can print what. While USD will always be accepted everywhere, competing currencies will soften the impact of market crashes.
I'd also like to get rid of the regulated stock market. Obviously the above change to the government eliminates the SEC. You'd still have a stock market - many markets, in fact - but no federal guarantees. Replace those with basic "truth-in-advertising" and transparency laws. Almost all of the good things the SEC does are enforcing those areas anyway, but the same can be done through civil suits.
Finally eliminating a degree of the copyright and patent protections would weaken the power of corporations that don't actually produce anything of value but trade virtual properties and hold them as if they were real property. I'm not against the idea of copyrights and patents but it's gone too far, and the state of law today is perpetual government-backed monopolies. For example, I don't believe corporations should be able to hold copyrights. Those should be granted to humans only, who contractually license them to their employers. When the inventor dies the protections either expire or transfer to a beneficiary. (one time only) Software patents and the time period for various protections are other targets for reform.
Pro corporation doesn't mean you support corporate boot-heel-on-neck. Ask any conservative what they think of Pharma, the medical industry as a whole, Silicon Valley, Big Oil.
I'm not even a conservative, libertarian (ish) fits better, but I don't think most people understand them.
I'm not pro corporation at all, only so much as them being necessary evil that a limited government should interfere in when absolutely necessary. It's a hard line, because they're both cucks, and one misstep leads right back to where we are, with government and corps fucking in bed.
Problem is people on the left AND right WANT an ultra powerful nation state to compete with the rest of the world, with ultra powerful corporations competing against the other guys. We can't loosen IP restrictions, or other countries companies will steal from us. We can't break up the military-industrial-complex or the other militaries of the world will get an upper hand. This dynamic was seen in South Korea where they used to have a law that companies couldn't own IP after the owner dies, but Samsung got so powerful and improved the image of their nation so much that they were actively hiding the owner's death so the corporation and Korea could stay on top.
Once that problem is solved and people are willing to change, there are a few things you can do to fix this without giving too much power to corporations OR the government: For one we can start with what JustForTheSalmon said above about removing corporate personhood. Personhood is merely a legal fiction for tax purposes, and maybe some distribution of responsibility. However even that is currently taken too far, and there should always be some C-level human in charge who is criminally responsible for the sins of a company. Eliminate the whole idea that corporations can have rights or responsibilities. That doesn't make sense and warps our thinking here.
Then eliminate the income tax and return the federal government back to its constitutional role. With a tiny federal government they simply won't be able to impose as much regulatory sway over corporations. Many of the laws and regulations will be done at the state level.
Get rid of the Fed - aka the Banking Syndicate - and decentralize the money supply. We can still require the government to borrow from banks to print money, but there doesn't have to be ONE bank in charge, or one currency. Every state should be able to regulate money and decide who can print what. While USD will always be accepted everywhere, competing currencies will soften the impact of market crashes.
I'd also like to get rid of the regulated stock market. Obviously the above change to the government eliminates the SEC. You'd still have a stock market - many markets, in fact - but no federal guarantees. Replace those with basic "truth-in-advertising" and transparency laws. Almost all of the good things the SEC does are enforcing those areas anyway, but the same can be done through civil suits.
Finally eliminating a degree of the copyright and patent protections would weaken the power of corporations that don't actually produce anything of value but trade virtual properties and hold them as if they were real property. I'm not against the idea of copyrights and patents but it's gone too far, and the state of law today is perpetual government-backed monopolies. For example, I don't believe corporations should be able to hold copyrights. Those should be granted to humans only, who contractually license them to their employers. When the inventor dies the protections either expire or transfer to a beneficiary. (one time only) Software patents and the time period for various protections are other targets for reform.