You're right, and that's why hoping that companies will just willingly "do the right thing" will never work.
Companies have (at least in the US) the same rights as biological humans. And we've observed corporations long enough to realize that if they were humans, they would be PSYCHOPATHS. Quick, how do you reign in a psychopath? With wishes, hope, or the strong arm of the law? It's option 3, of course. But we don't have a strong arm of the law, we barely even have law these days, and what little law we DO have has been co-opted by the corporations, and generally only wakes up when it's time to defend corporations against the "little guy".
And THAT is why hoping that the government will just willingly "do the right thing" and reign in the psychopathic corps will never work, either.
We need a groundswell of people who demand change pushing upward on the corrupt power structures. When enough people want it, it's what everyone talks about, and politicians can't sidestep the issue any longer, THEN change will occur.
Companies have (at least in the US) the same rights as biological humans. And we've observed corporations long enough to realize that if they were humans, they would be PSYCHOPATHS. Quick, how do you reign in a psychopath? With wishes, hope, or the strong arm of the law? It's option 3, of course. But we don't have a strong arm of the law, we barely even have law these days, and what little law we DO have has been co-opted by the corporations, and generally only wakes up when it's time to defend corporations against the "little guy".
And THAT is why hoping that the government will just willingly "do the right thing" and reign in the psychopathic corps will never work, either.
We need a groundswell of people who demand change pushing upward on the corrupt power structures. When enough people want it, it's what everyone talks about, and politicians can't sidestep the issue any longer, THEN change will occur.