A Florida jury on Monday found banana company Chiquita Brands International liable for financing the Colombian paramilitary group Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC).
Money existed before capitalism. Capitalism started in the 1700s. Money far predates capitalism. Plus, my comment is that capitalism must be regulated by outside regulators like governments. Conservatives have pushed deregulation forever and it’s made things worse. Capitalism worked far better in the heavy regulation days after WW2.
Force all companies to be worker-owned cooperatives, Richard Wolff-style.
Also the stock market doesn’t really need to exist. It’s just gambling with extra steps, and the people who win at that game end up having control over way more than one person should ever have. Also goes along with the above, which is complete worker ownership over companies.
In this case, I can believe that Chiquita didn’t set out to finance the AUC, but was unfortunate in that their banana plantations fell into AUC-controlled territory, and therefore were extorted for protection money.
It’s like if I owned an Italian restaurant, the mafia comes in and extorts me for protection money, then the feds come and arrest me for financing the mafia. What was I supposed to do?
No, it’s like if you owned a massive chain of Italian restaurants that notoriously exploited people, and you were actively paying the mafia to intimidate your workers and to bust unions.
The judge saw through Chiquita’s ridiculous fabrication, I’m disappointed to see you parroting it here.
Can we finally agree capitalism doesn’t give a fuck about anything but profits and therefore CANNOT self regulate?
It’s money. Every other form of economy has also exploited people for gain.
So we’re just supposed to stop coming up with better ideas?
If that’s what you want to do, go for it. I didn’t say anything like that.
I’m just pointing out it’s not capitalism.
Money existed before capitalism. Capitalism started in the 1700s. Money far predates capitalism. Plus, my comment is that capitalism must be regulated by outside regulators like governments. Conservatives have pushed deregulation forever and it’s made things worse. Capitalism worked far better in the heavy regulation days after WW2.
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Jon Stewart had an excellent monologue about the myth of corporate morality yesterday.
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Wait, he’s back on the Daily Show?
Yes, but only Mondays. He’s been hitting it out of the park though.
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Force all companies to be worker-owned cooperatives, Richard Wolff-style.
Also the stock market doesn’t really need to exist. It’s just gambling with extra steps, and the people who win at that game end up having control over way more than one person should ever have. Also goes along with the above, which is complete worker ownership over companies.
It’s the definition of capitalism
In this case, I can believe that Chiquita didn’t set out to finance the AUC, but was unfortunate in that their banana plantations fell into AUC-controlled territory, and therefore were extorted for protection money.
It’s like if I owned an Italian restaurant, the mafia comes in and extorts me for protection money, then the feds come and arrest me for financing the mafia. What was I supposed to do?
There is enough proof in the trials to show they were not unhappily contributing to paramilitary groups.
Not pay the thugs?
Enjoy your burned out restaurant…
It’s a false analogy. Chiquita were paying the paramilitary to do its bidding.
Here is a more in-depth article.
No, it’s like if you owned a massive chain of Italian restaurants that notoriously exploited people, and you were actively paying the mafia to intimidate your workers and to bust unions.
The judge saw through Chiquita’s ridiculous fabrication, I’m disappointed to see you parroting it here.
Chiquita / United Fruit have long been involved in oppressing and destabilizing south America for profit.