You are viewing an obsolete version of the DU website which is no longer supported by the Administrators. Visit The New DU.
Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

A question concerning gigantic corporations [View All]

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (01/01/06 through 01/22/2007) Donate to DU
No Exit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-01-07 12:54 PM
Original message
A question concerning gigantic corporations
Advertisements [?]
Hey, I just read somewhere that of the 100 largest economies in the world, 49 of them are nations, and the other 51 are large multinational corporations.

Though the freepists refuse to criticize the constant trend towards larger and larger corporations, they whine constantly about the "erosion of our borders", etc. Because we take a different view of this alleged "erosion"--acknowledging the humanity of "foreigners"--I think we are probably more capable of understanding why borders of nations are less meaningful than they used to be.

I think it's because there are these large, floating, powerful entities operating throughout the world.

Now, we political news junkies constantly scrutinize every aspect of nations' governments. Shouldn't we also (with the help of the internet) be seeking info on, and scrutinizing, the "governments", etc., of these big multinational players?

Because I, for one, think that it is a big multinational player--or, several of them--who are keeping us in Iraq, in clear defiance of the will of an overwhelming majority of people. Yes, I'm talking about the big multinational oil companies.

We have proved we can take down national governments. So why can't we also take down big, multinational corporations? At the very least, shouldn't we get informed about the PEOPLE who compose these big entities? I'd like to know who they are, what their names are, what they do on a daily basis, etc.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (01/01/06 through 01/22/2007) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC