Liberals hate corporate America.. They hate everything about corporations. Why? I was listening to the radio the other day when a talk show host got a call from a some idiot complaining about corporations not being taxed enough. Suddenly that proverbial light bulb over my head lit up. I now know why Liberals hate corporations.
Of course, rank and file liberals hate corporations because they are told to. The vast majority are simple minded, non-thinkers who have been told for years that corporations are giant earth destroying uncaring unfeeling leaches sucking all the good stuff out of the world and keeping it all for themselves. How many Hollywood disaster films have you seen where the the disaster was caused by some greedy corporation doing something awful? I've lost count. And that liberal propaganda seems to have been effective. Such stupidity would be beneath comment except for the fact that it seems to have worked. Suffice it to say it isn't true.
The communists and socialists who run the liberal movement know exactly why they hate corporations. And now, so do I. Corporations are in direct competition with socialists and communists, and pose the greatest threat to their social and economic viability. If you stop to think about it, corporations and socialism or communism have a lot in common. They are all collective, risk spreading, benefit sharing economic systems. Of course, corporations are voluntary associations of shareholders, whereas socialist and communist states are compulsory. But both claim to offer their members (shareholders or citizens) an equalized distribution of the wealth of the enterprise. With corporations, the shareholders "equal" share is determined by the shareholder's investment. With socialism, the citizens "equal" share is determined by the leaders of the state. In either case "equal" doesn't mean parity among all members. Economic parity is a fanciful pipe dream and is simply unattainable in the real world. Socialist and communist states have their poor and their elite, just like capitalist societies.
The communists and socialists are right about one thing. There is strength in numbers. Collective action is more powerful than individual action. They know that and hate to see their power and control slipping away when citizens voluntarily band together as shareholders in a corporation. They feel threatened by corporations, and rightfully so.
In the final analysis, the corporations so hated by the socialists and communists, and a socialist or communist state have many of the same functions. Socialists and communists want to run and control the entire economy, including manufacturing, distribution, and sales of all consumer goods and services. In a truly Marxist state, the government owns, controls, and runs everything. Of course, in a capitalist society corporations own, run, and control large segments of industry and services. You see, socialism and communism are in direct competition with corporations for control. Socialists and communists fear corporations much more than they fear individuals because corporations are collective, and therefore wield more power.
For those of us who are willing to think for ourselves, the choice between corporations and socialism or communism is easy. Corporations are voluntary. You don't have to be a shareholder unless you so chose. But socialist and communist states are compulsory. Every citizen in a socialist or communist state is stuck there. It is a simple choice between freedom and slavery. If you don't like what your corporation is doing, you can go to the annual shareholder meeting and make your voice heard. You can vote against the board members with whom you disagree. In the last instance, you can sell your shares and be done with it. If you are a citizen of a socialist or communist state, you better keep you mouth shut and do as you're told. Otherwise you will be locked up or killed.