RE: ADSactly on ADSACTLY - Creating Value - Part 8
I wouldn't put all the blame on corporations for the decline in health in some areas, like making things so easy that you don't have to walk to the grocery store anymore; in many cases, people have a choice between various options and they sometimes choose the one that's more convenient and then choose not to exercise in other areas.
The efficiency and logistics that corporations manage make many things possible that otherwise aren't cost feasible, like maybe the development of some medicines or the trade of some foods that aren't in season, say, where I am.
But then we get to things we can blame or be suspicious of corporations of doing, like the recent essay noting that cures for diseases are bad for profits, but ongoing treatment is great for profits. This is where human and corporate interests sharply diverge. The ongoing opium epidemic is probably an example of this; debilitatingly addictive treatments are a corporation's dream. Smallpox, one of the deadliest diseases in history, would have never been eradicated if these corporate pigs were in charge. They'd weaken the vaccine and make it required to take annually if they could, using the disease's lethality as advertising.
But then what is the solution? Make these things completely managed by government? I don't think most people want the government having too much control over this either... But I would say for some industries, corporate greed is blinding them to the bigger picture and so they need greater transparency and accountability to the public in some way...