Do Conservatives Pray to Corporations?

[AnArmyVeteran]

I'm serious about this. Do conservatives get on their knees, either literally or figuratively and pray to their godly corporations? Their gods seem to be CEOs and their religion is 'capitalism'. The believe every ill in the world could be fixed if unbridled capitalism was allowed to do whatever it wanted. They dream of a regulation-free country. They hate laws. They love companies doing what they want, when they want. They believe it's 'freedom' for a business to do anything that produces money. And they worship money. Conservatives believe money is a sign of worth. If someone is poor, they are worthless to a conservative. I suppose the only place on earth where the conservative/libertarian model works without restraint is Somalia. It's a conservative utopia where government is nonexistent, everyone carries automatic weapons and piracy is the biggest 'industry' in the country.

Why don't democratic leaders tell people the truth. Why don't they tell people if conservatives were allowed to make this a truly libertarian country it would soon look like Somalia and every building would be built without government (socialistic) inspection and it will fall down just like they did in Haiti, another conservative wet dream.

[ShortnFiery]

1. Big money conservatives of BOTH parties worship and the feet of Crony Multi-National Capitalism.

[AnArmyVeteran]

2. GREAT PYRAMID!!! THANK YOU.

[Initech]

3. I dunno, it seems the only god they really worship is the almighty dollar.

[andym]

4. In some way you might say they worship themselves

They are all about the triumph of individual rights ("me") over the government (govt represents tyranny of a really large group over the common man). When it comes to corporations, they feel that corps are just a group of individuals who chose to get together in a beneficial partnership, so that's OK (most don't spend much time thinking how corps might limit their individual rights). To them corps are just "natural" manifestations of the "free-market."

[abelenkpe]

5. Once read an article

about this tragic car accident that left a young mom paralyzed. She had recently won a lawsuit against Ford for negligence. The very first comment in the comment section was:

"Tort Reform! Why should Ford have to pay for this woman's accident? Trial lawyers suck."

Really, he read a story about a young mother who will spend the rest of her life as a quadriplegic needing constant care and his first thought was for the Ford Motor Company.

So yes.

[AnArmyVeteran]

7. They don't realize when they eventually get wronged, they wont get justice...

Almost every big corporation you do business with has you sign away your rights to sue in court. The force you to arbitration where it is a lot more costly for the plaintiff. And since 95% of arbitrators come from within the industries the plantiffs are fighting, guess who usually wins? It's sad how right wingers so so stupid they have no idea they are cutting their own throats.

I've seen examples like yours written by conservatives all over the place. Conservatives seem to like blaming the victim for everything. They always take the side of the oppressor or predator.

[Goldstein1984]

6. Watch "The Devil's Advocate"

I'm an atheist, but the movie is a great metaphor.

[AnArmyVeteran]

8. thanx i will!

[Goldstein1984]

9. Pacino has a great line...

"I'm a fan o' Man!"