What is the most evil corporation in the world?

Started by Martinus, July 11, 2012, 10:04:32 AM

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Martinus

July 11, 2012, 10:04:32 AM
No "trap" here - I just want to prove something to a friend and see how many people name the same company I am thinking of (and I don't mean stuff like the Catholic Church or the US government either but a bona fide corporation/company).

Grey Fox

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July 11, 2012, 10:07:33 AM
Monsanto.
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Eddie Teach

#2
July 11, 2012, 10:08:15 AM
Gerber Baby Food company. Appalling.  :mad:
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CountDeMoney

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July 11, 2012, 10:09:31 AM
QuoteWhat is the most evil corporation in the world?

I believe Fortune has about 500 of them to choose from.

Josephus

#4
July 11, 2012, 10:09:55 AM
They're all equally evil.
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Barrister

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July 11, 2012, 10:11:43 AM
I am disappointed that deMoney didn't name the China National Petroleum Company. :ph34r:

http://www.cnpc.com.cn/en/
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Grey Fox

#7
July 11, 2012, 10:11:56 AM
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CountDeMoney

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July 11, 2012, 10:13:24 AM
Quote from: Barrister on July 11, 2012, 10:11:43 AM
I am disappointed that deMoney didn't name the China National Petroleum Company. :ph34r:

http://www.cnpc.com.cn/en/

It's in the Top 10.  I felt it was obvious.

garbon

#9
July 11, 2012, 10:15:09 AM
Apple.
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#10
July 11, 2012, 10:15:45 AM
Come on now, what does Monsanto do that's worse than making babies into food?  :huh:
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Viking

#11
July 11, 2012, 10:22:27 AM
sigh... I reject the premise of this question simply because it doesn't define it's terms

- what is a corporation?
- what is evil?
- does evil lie in the intent or the outcome?

I can be almost certain that any company that gets mentioned here is certainly a world leader in it's field and definitively not most evil in the world.

The corporations that own and operate slaves, deliberately break any law limiting their activities and own countries or are governments don't have names or logos or are listed on the Dow Jones. But certainly the list of the most evil corporations in the world must include PLA, Kim Jong Un and Assc., SLORC, Al-Qaeda, The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps etc.etc.

Comparing these truly evil groups with a company that makes high tech products that reduce pestcide use, antibiotic use and helps farmers achieve higher and better quality yields is just silly.

Ignorant and uneducated Hippies don't get to tell me who is evil and who is not.

Any company that you know the name of and is a publicly listed company in a western country is infinitely less evil the "Achmed and Mustaffas Slave Emporium of Khartoum".
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A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
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#12
July 11, 2012, 10:26:51 AM
People's Republic of Chiner.
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Grey Fox

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July 11, 2012, 10:27:03 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 11, 2012, 10:15:45 AM
Come on now, what does Monsanto do that's worse than making babies into food?  :huh:

It then sues you for eating the food.
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#14
July 11, 2012, 10:28:06 AM
Kind of silly to ascribe metaphysical qualities to a piece of paper on file in Wilmington.

Viking has a pretty good point as well.  We in the West have the luxury of being outraged by such acts of wickedness like efforts to minimze tax liability and regulatory burdens.  Not that we should stand up and applaud but on the "evil" scale it is more like mini-Me.
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