Really - It's the Corporations' Fault! · Sunday January 29, 2006 by Terry of Astoria
Notice how often environmental, social, and economic problems get blamed on corporation(s)? For example, Walmart is blamed often for causing jobs to become scarcer and life to become harder in American cities.
The guy who works on the new wilderness-penetrating road in Alaska is just so happy to have a job that pays a decent wage, that he overlooks the fact that he is actively participating in the ecological problems of deforestation and helping the oil and logging corporations take advantage of the earth and its resources. He might say to himself, “I don’t really believe in what’s going on here, but if I don’t do it, someone else will.”—This is a form of passing the buck. When this happens, the corporation can do stuff that no sane human would want to do, like continue to pollute with utter disregard to the health of the environment and the people who live there.
See this article in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Well, I’m beginning to see that it IS the corporations’ fault! If it weren’t for these behemoths, it would appear the world would be a better place. Geez.
See this Article on Alternet too.
What do we do? Think Globally, act locally. Let’s plant gardens in the spring and let’s eat locally-grown food! Let’s save money and the environment by not driving cars and trucks everywhere! Let’s play music! Let’s teach our kids to read! Let’s teach them to use logic, the scientific method, and an open mind to think about and try to answer the questions of life. Let’s be open-minded and optimistic and confident, and do what we can when we can! Most of all, it’s important that we be aware of what’s going on in the world. We can only change things for the better if we understand the way things are going now.
For my part, I’m going to try to consume wisely, and I’m realizing that I’m happiest when I’m helping people to do what they want to do, so I’m doing that. I guess I could feel helpful, or loyal, even toward a corporation. I guess it’s an innate quality, this need to be needed. Whom should I give my loyalty to? I can’t fit in to anything religious. I guess I need something to do. . . .
As far as the corporations go, you tell me what to do about it. Should we regulate more strictly their conduct? Hm. I thought I despised regulation. Should we let them do whatever they want? No, we know that’s not gonna work. Should we think about this problem? Yes.
Anyway I know I prefer buying local products from local shops and I know I don’t like burning petroleum products unneccesarily. I see the connection between what I do and my environment, my future. My choices today are important. As important as air to breathe and water to drink. That’s pretty important.
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