CitizenX

I'm not talking about the wal mart worker. I'm talking about the 14 year old girl working 14 hours a day, 7 days a week for 20 cents an hour. And if you don't think that they work for people that treat them like chattel you are sadly mistaken. All for some crappy T-shirt you buy for $9.99. The proof is out there for you to find. I realize that no matter how much proof I show you, You will dispute it, because you just don't want to find the truth. You like the world the way it is, and you don't want to know where the products you buy come from.

No not really. although I respect you right to your own definition of what a good person is. I believe the mass majority would probably agree with me and my definition. I can see how can come to the conclusion that Corporations are not evil and I respect your opinion.

Well believe it or not slavery is alive and well, and it's evidence can be viewed in any local Wal Mart (Made in China).

OK, It's alright to have a different definition of what a good person is. I am not imposing my idea of what a "good person" is on others. I was just defining my definition for the question. If you don't consider how someone treats another as being either good or bad that's fine.

this example has nothing to do with corporations. It's about where and how value is created, and the ethical way in which people profit.

Originally, corporations were set up to serve the public good. Corporations were originally associations of people who were chartered to perform some particular function. Like a group of people want to build a bridge over a River, or a railroad, ect.

So your idea of being a good person is what? You are a good person If you own a ipod, are rich, are comfortable, safe and secure, you kids are smart, ect. Being a good person has nothing to do with how you treat other people??? You can do what ever you want to other people as long as you treat your child or spouse with love? Interesting philosophy According to who? I think the Nazi's were evil (a group of people) And who has the over powering political power to effect these laws? See above

At what price. Was the use of slave labour in America acceptable because it reduced the cost of producing cotton there by creating value. It's a moral Question.

Do communists believe in a Free market?

nice one

One group commits terrible acts and the other group pays them to do it.

remember how this started? Please...Please stop trying to defend this. If you believe in god your soul may be on the line here. So please stop.

minimum wage at the entry level $43 a month / 7 days a week (30 days) = $1.43 a day $1.43 a day/ 14 hours a day = 10 cents an hour highest pay $140 a month/ 7 days a week (30 days) = $4.66 a day $4.66 a day/ 14 hour day = 33 cents an hour Better check my math, but I don't think this helps your argument. A better question is why are you trying to defend this?

WOW that's cold.....really? ....You could be a CEO

In Bangladesh women and children are forced to work about 14 hours a day, often seven days a week for wages as low as around 13 cents an hour. This is where Wal Mart gets it's product (indirectly). That's not slave Labour?

They are the only ones concerned with Canadian Culture. The right just watches FOX TV , and Sun News Network. If the right could be American tomorrow through a Union, they just might take that deal?

I don't know the whole history of Wal Mart. I'm taking about their business practices today. Do you believe that they indirectly use slave labour to make a profit?

yes but this all started with who has more political power. Not how corporations become big.

Well I'd like to argue with you but...you might be right :angry: Plato on democracy - "A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers".

I suppose if corporate personhood was abolished that could be the case. But how can a private company or many compete against a multi-national company that has a revenue greater than some countries. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzPgIudSA00

No it happened because of the political power they wield. Corporate personhood is where it all went wrong. A normal proprietorships could never gain the power that modern corporation have.

No one wants to touch the "Evil" word? Psychopaths operate in our society in a "destructive manner". Are you saying they aren't evil?

Yes, but when Corporations are in control of the people creating the rules things go very wrong.

Why not? What is your definition of evil? The sad thing is most people don't know what the difference is between Free Market Capitalism (Good) and Monopolistic Capitalism.Monopolistic Capitalism is one of the true enemies of Freedom

I get the sense that you would be happier living under a dictatorship. That way these stupid people wouldn't even have a vote (for their own good). You and the corporate elite know whats best for them. Just go to work for them, buy their crap, and shut up right?