We have allowed soulless corporations to pave the cultural commons and make shitty replacement “services” that they own outright but offer as tawdry alternatives to the cultural wealth that they destroyed.
This is “progress”
This is “move fast and break things” in its worst version. I mean, they actually removed “don’t be evil” from their public facing presence.
We would do well to remember that there is no fundamental human right of incorporation.
Corporations were allowed to exist to form a legal structure for towns and public works projects. The business corporation is outside of that intention in most iterations.
When a corporation becomes a public scourge we should remember that it exists at the convenience of the people.
We need to begin referendums to censure, limit, or even dissolve corporations that turn out to have a net negative effect on society. There is absolutely zero reason why the people should bear such a burden.
When corporations become large enough to be de-facto governments in their own right, they need to be subject to democratic oversight. Otherwise we will inevitably live in an oligarchy of corporate exploitation.
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