tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086585124123876741.post6715838531087055496..comments2023-08-25T07:19:15.260-07:00Comments on BunzBlog: Corporate PredatorsTom Bunzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728020753200148802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086585124123876741.post-54294205572562630662008-05-06T07:58:00.000-07:002008-05-06T07:58:00.000-07:00Democratic socialism? Is that like today's China, ...Democratic socialism? Is that like today's China, with its black air? History shows free market capitalist nations to be better environmental stewards.<BR/><BR/>Tom, you make your living in part with the Internet and software created by corporations. If there had been no mid-90s gold rush of corporations, where do you think the Internet would be today?<BR/><BR/>Would there be a Google if the government had been in charge of building the Internet, as Clinton and Gore planned to do? No, they would've been told there were already too many search engines.<BR/><BR/>In fact, if the government had been tasked with building the Internet it would probably resemble something akin to American Online version 1.<BR/><BR/>Corporations are not an occupying army -- they are us, organizing ourselves to create wealth. And doing a fine job of it.<BR/><BR/>That doesn't mean government shouldn't regulate.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01965118650896064956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086585124123876741.post-55044000734416025842008-03-08T15:27:00.000-08:002008-03-08T15:27:00.000-08:00Well, Tom - what you are describing is corporate c...Well, Tom - what you are describing is corporate capitalism, or rather corporate socialism, because these corporations could not succeed with such devastating destructiveness without governmental compliance. There is an alternative, and that would be a form of democratic socialism but those in power are too drugged with materialistic and hedonistic indulgence to allow the masses to catch up with their mess. anon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com