Corporations have centralized decision making, are a collective of labor, serve their own self interest, crush whistle blowers or internal descentors, make public statements that protect themselves even at the risk of endorsing a lie, and expand their power by any means possible and accepted. Are they like little communist blocks?
2007-09-19 02:40:42 · 12 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I don't know about you, but where I work it's more like a dictatorship.
“Don’t like it, hit the door”
2007-09-19 03:04:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You do not understand communism. Centralized decision making is pretty much the norm in every society, club or endeavor. Centralized decision making is not a communist concept. Serving one's own self interest is an important component of capitalism, not communism.
The other things you describe are examples of poor behavior or judgment on the part of specific leaders within some corporate structures. Not the way most corporations function.
There are many thousands of corporations. They are owned by their shareholders who vote on the election of members of the Board of Directors.
So, the answer to your question is: No, Corporation are not basically socialist/communist endeavors.
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2007-09-19 02:52:50 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Communist Mannifesto is against corporations. Look at Hillary care for Tenets. You forget Share holders have the vote so it remains a democratic institution, unlike the Central Committee of the DNC
2007-09-19 03:09:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, because they do not believe in equal distribution of profits nor common ownership of the means of production. Rather they are more like a fascist entity, partnering with a corporate friendly government to gain an unfair advantage over the competition (or lobbying to wipe it out altogether) and effectively establishing a "caste" system where the upper elite enjoy the fruits of labor while those at the bottom are left with "trickle down" scraps.
2007-09-19 02:48:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
In and of themselves they would be NATIONAL Socialist (Fascist) rather than INTERNATIONAL Socialist (Communist) blocks. However, being taxed and controlled through state regulation to prevent their full CAPITALIST nature from flowering, they form an integral part of the International Socialist Welfare Police State....
2007-09-19 02:56:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Corporations are dictatorships.
The US of A is a democracy of dictatorships.
...of the corporations, by the corporations and for the corporations.
2007-09-19 03:09:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sort of. They have become more communist in that they have a group of people under their control, feed the masses the idea of comfort and security, but the price is conformity and loss of individualism and freedom (the capitalist spirit) and will go out of their way to deny the truth, especially the robot conformists who are on their big ladder of success.
2007-09-19 02:47:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Corporations are not part of the Government (as of yet) that might change if Hillary takes charge. Private corporations are entitled to run their business as they please. If you work for a corporation that uses methods that you disagree with, you have the option of changing your job. This is not Venezuela or the old Soviet Union
2007-09-19 02:49:04 · answer #8 · answered by Bego?a R 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Dude, socialism is a redistribution of wealth. That's it. Corporations are not redistributing wealth, they are attempting to acquire it. That's CAPITALISM. Capitalism and socialism are on opposite ends of the spectrum.
2007-09-19 03:06:10 · answer #9 · answered by Pfo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You forgot, they try to make a profit. That's probably your main problem with corporations.
2007-09-19 02:49:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋