| TheRealMafoo said:
When corporations have to much power, they abuse it. When governments have to much power, they abuse it (almost every time they abuse it worse). |
Its true that both government and businesses can become corrupt with power, but it is much better to give power to a democratic government than to a private business because the government is held accountable by the people through elections, whereas a business is not.
A democratic government is not able to mistreat its citizens, which is why in all areas of this type of government you will see politicians and officials pandering to the populations will, from city officials putting in the driveway in front of your house in the way you want it to presidents promising what the people want.
Businesses are not held accountable. They are able to bribe and force others to follow their whim. BP is a great example of this, they broke common sense safety standards that led to the Gulf Oil Spill and were involved in getting a terrorist released so they can obtain drilling rights in Libya. Worse, you cannot boycott a major business like BP like you can some some smaller businesses (even though that generally doesn't work anyway). No matter what consumers do to BP, they will be making the same profits as long as there is a market demand for oil.
If you prefer a world where businesses have all the power and are not held accountable, then you are crazy.
