Blatantly Corporate
The chatter this week surrounds whether or not Glenn Beck's scheduled rally in Washington, D.C. is blatantly political. I challenge you to think about how many organizations around you are blatantly corporate. The corporate form is the threat, not politics. Politicians work for corporate structures, not the other way around.
So let's start with the corporate form, what does it look like? You've got owners or, stated another way, people with money. Those are the shareholders. Every corporation has them and there can be one or one million. The owners appoint a board of directors. The board members may wear any number of different titles, but every corporation has its board. They are the people responsible for making decisions within the corporate structure. They are corporate representatives, but the representatives don't stop there. The board appoints a president, a treasurer, a secretary and the list can continue but those positions must be filled in order to fulfill the corporate form. All of these positions can be filled by one person (i.e. the owner) or they can be filled by many people; but the corporate structure demands they must be filled.
Before petitioning to become incorporated it is helpful to understand why someone would want to do such a thing. Without getting too far into the weeds on this issue there are two main reasons to form a corporation. One reason, legal liability is deferred from actual people onto the corporation (i.e. a stack of papers) and two, monetary gain. The former benefit means owners can't personally be sued because they're not responsible for the actions of the corporation they own. The latter benefit defines the primary reason for forming a corporation which is to generate profit.
Put them both together and a corporation is a profit generating entity people create with no personal responsibility to anything or anyone in the world.
Don't get distracted, because you've more than likely been indoctrinated to accept the corporate form since you were young. School elections feature kids practicing the art of politics to become president, treasurer or secretary. At the end of it all, are the kids in charge though? The principal and teachers are in charge, or so it seems. The district tells them what to do while the state yells at the district. Somewhere in this example is an analogy to the corporate structure and it occurs again and again. That's because corporations are all around us.
You may be reading this and saying, "why is that so bad?" I leave you with this thought: A stack of papers has the same legal, citizenship rights as you in a court of law. A corporation cannot read this entry and yet you can, but the corporation (e.g. McDonald's, Sprint, Cox, British Petroleum, etc...) can stand in court the same as you and testify. A corporation can back a politician with monetary support. A corporation can buy and own property. A corporation can buy or create another corporation.
All of this can be done and you never know who is actually doing these things, because a corporation does not have literal arms and legs like you and I. A corporation does not have literal eyes and ears like you and I. A corporation only has representatives and you seldom see the representatives who are making the decisions for the corporation because legally they are not liable to you and I. Their business is conducted in the interest of the corporation's primary goal of generating a profit with no personal responsibility.
The enemy of people is believing blatantly corporate half-truths like corporate responsibility and corporate rights. The truth is people are responsible and people have rights. The 14th Amendment was created to ensure freed slaves in America would always have the legal rights of a U.S. citizen yet people who wanted to hide behind corporate names and logos used the 14th Amendment to ensure they would never have to be personally responsible again.
Blatantly political may be a problem with Glenn Beck, but he's small potatoes and really just a distraction. The ongoing problem in the world today is blatantly corporate.
So let's start with the corporate form, what does it look like? You've got owners or, stated another way, people with money. Those are the shareholders. Every corporation has them and there can be one or one million. The owners appoint a board of directors. The board members may wear any number of different titles, but every corporation has its board. They are the people responsible for making decisions within the corporate structure. They are corporate representatives, but the representatives don't stop there. The board appoints a president, a treasurer, a secretary and the list can continue but those positions must be filled in order to fulfill the corporate form. All of these positions can be filled by one person (i.e. the owner) or they can be filled by many people; but the corporate structure demands they must be filled.
Before petitioning to become incorporated it is helpful to understand why someone would want to do such a thing. Without getting too far into the weeds on this issue there are two main reasons to form a corporation. One reason, legal liability is deferred from actual people onto the corporation (i.e. a stack of papers) and two, monetary gain. The former benefit means owners can't personally be sued because they're not responsible for the actions of the corporation they own. The latter benefit defines the primary reason for forming a corporation which is to generate profit.
Put them both together and a corporation is a profit generating entity people create with no personal responsibility to anything or anyone in the world.
Don't get distracted, because you've more than likely been indoctrinated to accept the corporate form since you were young. School elections feature kids practicing the art of politics to become president, treasurer or secretary. At the end of it all, are the kids in charge though? The principal and teachers are in charge, or so it seems. The district tells them what to do while the state yells at the district. Somewhere in this example is an analogy to the corporate structure and it occurs again and again. That's because corporations are all around us.
You may be reading this and saying, "why is that so bad?" I leave you with this thought: A stack of papers has the same legal, citizenship rights as you in a court of law. A corporation cannot read this entry and yet you can, but the corporation (e.g. McDonald's, Sprint, Cox, British Petroleum, etc...) can stand in court the same as you and testify. A corporation can back a politician with monetary support. A corporation can buy and own property. A corporation can buy or create another corporation.
All of this can be done and you never know who is actually doing these things, because a corporation does not have literal arms and legs like you and I. A corporation does not have literal eyes and ears like you and I. A corporation only has representatives and you seldom see the representatives who are making the decisions for the corporation because legally they are not liable to you and I. Their business is conducted in the interest of the corporation's primary goal of generating a profit with no personal responsibility.
The enemy of people is believing blatantly corporate half-truths like corporate responsibility and corporate rights. The truth is people are responsible and people have rights. The 14th Amendment was created to ensure freed slaves in America would always have the legal rights of a U.S. citizen yet people who wanted to hide behind corporate names and logos used the 14th Amendment to ensure they would never have to be personally responsible again.
Blatantly political may be a problem with Glenn Beck, but he's small potatoes and really just a distraction. The ongoing problem in the world today is blatantly corporate.
Posted by Wyll D Sarge at 8/28/2010 6:50 AM 
Categories: It's Not a Conspiracy It's a Corporation man!
Tags: Corporation vs. conspiracy Corporate Welfare Corporate Socialism Glenn Beck
Categories: It's Not a Conspiracy It's a Corporation man!
Tags: Corporation vs. conspiracy Corporate Welfare Corporate Socialism Glenn Beck
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