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Businesses are sociopathic - especially since corporations claim the rights of a "person" under law.

Current North American society appears to deem sociopathic behavoir as being evil - so it's not much of a stretch to claim businesses are evil.

Not saying they can't act good or do good in society though as many obviously do. It's also worth noting that good/evil are not objective binary things - so your definition of evil is likely different then the GP's.




Current North American society

If this is an actual opinion held by North American society - whatever that is - then NAs needs to re-think it's definition.

It's also worth noting that good/evil are not objective binary things - so your definition of evil is likely different then the GP's.

Ah.

I hold to the - possibly old-fashioned - notion - that there is good, there is evil, and they are objective binary states.




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