Multi-national corporations exist solely to increase their power & profits. Their economic power dictates to governments (threatening to withdraw trade, goodwill or capital), as they fund political parties & campaigns, control the media, and corrupt public officials to ensure their interests are prioritised above all else. Disproportionate power & its systematic abuse is a key dynamic in the world's seemingly intractable problems:
Third World Poverty? Support despotic regimes / scupper fair trade/ oppress popular reform movements/ exploit resources.
Environmental Crisis? Block regulating legislation/ continue use of dirty fuels to protect their investment/ suppress decentralised power generation.
War? Control resources at all costs.
Corporations are compelled to seek profit above all, with no moral constraint. They are sick, psychopathic institutions with almost unfettered power. Their madness infects every aspect of life.
Can we cure their sickness - and our own? If so, how?