What a shame

BNL Blog: "Corporations are psychopaths, and they exist solely to benefit their shareholders; that any social responsibility they take must benefit the shareholders first or they will instead avoid any social responsibility. Although it seems obvious, it is a startling and, for me, moving plea for stronger government, and a passionate defense of democracy as the domain of the voters, not the corporations."

A person with a mental disease, usually characterized by a mental or emotional instability, due to a defect in character or personality, that approaches but falls short of insanity.

It's a shame that people buy into this clap-trap. There's a long list of these gloomy pronouncements that seem to enthrall the Left.

Corporations are evil creations which will intentionally destroy the world and every living thing in it.
Humans will destroy the world unless we return to 17th Century agrarian lives.
Pacifism is a successful strategy when dealing with Authoritarians, Madmen and Dictators.
etc.

This particular one is so interesting. Despite millions of examples of the benefits to everyone from corporations, anecdotal stories of the few bad apples become the definition of every business in the world. Drug companies which have extended the lives of almost every person in the world. Agro-businesses that are producing more food then even thought possible a few decades ago. Transportation companies that have made every form of transportation safer and cheaper than it ever has been. Communication companies have made worldwide, instant communication virtually free. Anyone in the world can read this blog at any time of day or night. Do I really need to continue?

How many companies enter the marketplace intent on doing harm to the public? Have some companies found themselves between the devil and deep blue sea and then decided to cover-up product defects or dangerous malfunctions? Sure. Can't we say the same thing of individuals? Every hit-and-run 'accident' is a clear example of individuals who seek to avoid the consequences of their actions.

Clearly, the billions of products, the lengths companies go to to insure their safety and benefit the world experiences as a result of corporations far exceed the malfeasance of a few bad companies or bad people within good companies.