Beyond that, it has no role whatsoever, because government and political power are grave evils. It has zero business regulating how long people work, what people are paid, etc.
@9CJ6CB62mos2MO
And absurd amounts of economic power in corporate business isn’t?
@Patriot-#1776Constitution2mos2MO
No, because business must persuade you to voluntarily purchase their products and services, whereas government can send people with guns and chains to force you to comply with its will. Should I increase the power of the latter group to decrease the power of the former?
@9CJ6CB62mos2MO
When businesses converge and own all of the things you buy, whether monopoly or conglomerated, they have FAR more power over you than a government can name when not actively trying to screw with the people. Indirect power is still power, and there’s lots of it in the corporate sector, so if you ask me, yes, increase government power AND accountability, and decrease corporate power while increasing transparency in their businesses.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution2mos2MO
Oh I'm so sorry, I forgot about that Major Corporation that owns a monopoly in every industry. Oh yeah that's right – bummer for the socialist arguments – it doesn't exist, and it's never existed. But Government has a monopoly on the use of force – everyone else gets punished for using force, government doesn't.
@9CJ6CB62mos2MO
Yes, because that’s literally the job we delegated to the government, not businesses. Corporations also work in conglomerates and near-monopolies, which do allow for an wxtreme amount of cronyism and inter-corporate cooperation that would create extremely difficult conditions for the workers, people, and public at large, while gaining massive sums of money. Most everything you eat is concentrated in a conglomerate of 5 corporations, the paper industry remains in 3, and tech is in 5, each becoming more closely knit by the day.
