Some one once said that they would believe corporations are people when Texas executes one. It may be time to start warming the electric chair.
Two news articles caught my attention today among all the chaos of trump the tragedy of COVID 19 and the ongoing abuse of the African American population.
First it would appear that E-bay is run by total assholes (not news i Know) but it has come to light that the CEO of E-bay did not like the criticism of a local blogger. To silence them the CEO tasked the corporate security and communications department to harass, terrify and silence the critics. in one sense some of this is juvenile and pathetic operation, on the other hand if this was me targeted by a corporation I would be pissed.
www.bloomberg.com/…
note the framing, Ex-CEO, Former executives, no longer employees, this is not in accordance with their corporate standards. I call bullshit on that one the corporation is the CEO. My guess is that the individuals involved will be prosecuted but what about the corporation?
The second article was PG&E pleading guilty to murder of 84 people, due to negligence.
www.bloomberg.com/…
The actual charges are 84 counts of manslaughter and one count of arson. the fines are pathetic (but the max allowed under law) however not one person goes to jail. this company filed for bankruptcy, so they get to dump debt and reemerge unburdened. Sure they paid out some cash to cover the damage they did but the corporation lives, literally rising phoenix like from the ashes of the fire they caused.
We need to bring these corporations to heel, perhaps the PR people at E-bay should stop writing press releases that hide the truth. The Ex-CEO got a multi million dollar payout when he left after instructing other executives to destroy the lives of a couple of critics. PG&E paid a dividend rather than maintaining their power grid to goose the stock price and make those stock options so much more valuable. If corporations can not be held accountable through execution, the executives who profit most certainly can, how about a little jail time (30 years is about right, treat them like a kid with crack in his pocket).