Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "The Google Tape Shows A Fundamental Problem in Silicon Valley" video.

  1. The Google tape shows a fundamental problem that extends beyond silicon valley: corporations are not controllable from the outside; they must be motivated to control themselves from the inside. The only thing that legally motivates corporations is money. However, corporations pursue advantage through political/social activity. When business advantage takes a backseat to political activism, the stockholders are NOT well served--but certain political entities ARE. Instead of the company acting through politics/government to benefit itself (traditional lobbying), government acts through the political sympathies of the company (which are the political sympathies of the company's management and employees). The course of this influence simply cannot be managed/mitigated in a way that effectively neutralizes it. The Citizens United decision must be reversed by legislation: corporations cannot be allowed to advocate a politically biased position. You think it's bad to have Soros, Gates, and Buffet throwing their weight around? Multiply that times 10,000 to get a taste of what it really means to allow super-rich corporations the constitutional rights of individuals. Citizens United has created a non-human super-citizen class! Pretty soon corporations may demand existence independent of the charters than birthed them.
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