Evil Politicians! Film at 11!

[Ted Samsel]

MataRae sez: 
> 
> I have a feeling that the "real" Ideal being discussed here is only possible
> in the aforementioned Utopia of Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time. The
> "rugged individualism" preached by either side of this Ideal has always been
> associated with business enterprise. That is what this country was founded
> upon. How can individualism in daily life and politics be free of the
> influence of enterprise, and how did the corporate hierarchies suddenly
> become divorced from free individualism?

(I sent an response to this to MantaRay, so don't nobody get all adither
about private e-mail... and you know who you are...)

When? Back in the '70s, when I was more involved in "environmental" thought
'n theory, I read a series of articles that mentioned this change in
influence. By 1820 (or so) the corporate beast had emerged for better and/or
worse. Individuals could now incorporate, creating a "corporate fictional
person"... before this time, one was responsible for debts incurred. These
corporate entities became the vehicle for overcoming this serious form of
liability.

Not that there was any sort of "golden age" before this...

"hang the lawyers.... and the media flacks"

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