Lefties trying to understand Smaug
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>Standing against terrible logic means standing with those being criticised
Ah, binary thinking.
It's leftist policy that enables and empowers corporations. I will never agree with a post like this because agreeing implicitly requires agreeing with the idea of using the state to control companies as a whole, which ALWAYS fuck over the public and not the company. This is how you get companies that are "too big to fail", because the state will continually bail out these failures, because they need those jobs or want to protect their continually failing investment.
Billionaires and rampant wealth inequality is a result of leftist, statist policy. And what's amazing is that statists of all flavours will still support it without even fucking realising it.
The corps also act as powerful vanguards of states interests worldwide. Korea realized this when Samsung dominated the global smartphone market and they started changing the laws on their behalf. It's not only regulatory capture to help "capitalist fat cats", but a way to strengthen your nation's trading power and prestige. The US does it with all its largest multinats, as do other countries. The Corporation and the State are one in the same.
Yup. Which is why anyone who wants to stand against corporations should be standing against those that seek to monopolise power, AKA the state. Corporations can only exist through the state. Without the state, free trade is possible and businesses of all levels are on the same footing.
And contrary to the squeals from retards about historical examples, like the East India Company, the reality is that such enterprises were first and foremost bankrolled by the state, for the state.
And it's still the case to this day. Look at the companies that have the most leeway in swaying public opinion, namely social media companies, and all the major players are HEAVILY involved with state agents and/or funding. These are not private entities, they're state entities. It's not rich vs poor. Not corporation vs public. It's not even left vs right. It's the state vs the people. And those that object to stating said reality almost always seek to use the state against the innocent for their personal goals. And sure, many of those goals are noble, but at the end of the day, the argument still boils down to whether or not you believe that the ends justify the means. And in my experience, the statist always believes that it does.