How many people feel that corportions have to much control over our society?
112241
I do. It has become a real problem.  The only way to fight it is to not shop at them.  Every item you buy is a vote.  When you buy organic, or from a small business, or from a ethical group that is also a vote.
429416
I think that if we continue to give them more and more special rights, we are more separating them from everyday society and I feel that is kind of counter-productive.  It ends up segregating them more. They should be able to live in and enjoy the good and bad of society like everyone else...or as close as they can get.  \nI hope this helps.\n:)
915803
=because even though this is a free country, and we refer to free society, government and society rule all of us because "they" know what is best for each and every one of us!!!  Evidently we are not responsible enough for decision making, so "they" do it for our own well being.
212518
there must be millions of them as these days the right to be secure in our person, place & possessions is being trampled on in the name of security & welfare. seems the populous always falls for the same ol tricks.
194976
I don't think it's so much a matter of people being too dependant on authority as it is a matter of people not wanting to take responsibility for themselves any more. People need to be told what to do nowadays because they don't like thinking for themselves, don't like having to be the one responsible if something happens that they don't like, don't like being the reason for something happening that doesn't benefit themselves.\n\nIt's a sad world that we have birthed, and our children are going to pay dearly for it.
798513
they have a lot more rights than they should
829948
I'm a conservative, and I don't care what anyone else does.  Not at all.  I think we all have to make our own choices and live our own lives.  What bothers me, though, is when all the people who choose to live self-destructive lifestyles - embracing drugs, excessive alcohol, etc. - expect society to bail them out of the messes they get themselves into.  We ALL need to take responsibility for our own actions.
978429
To be honest, I don't think it's fair at all.  The world should be for everyone, isn't it?  But people in power don't seem to think so.
853981
In today's society, we as citizens must........
465010
I agree with you!  Why are there so many... There is a certain pride to doing things...If your'e going to do something, do it right.  Most people don't seem to care.
561959
no, because the majority of people always want more than they have and the way to get more then you have is to enlist capitalism.  For example, if you are smarter than Juan and you work harder then Juan, but you both are paid the same, you will be upset and not like the system. You want to be paid for being smarter and working harder.  That's capitalism.  Unfortunately, we don't live in a pure capitalist society and it's about who your parents were, what connections you have, who is in power, all of which skew capitalism.
993011
Soceity is what governs the "norm"... You, me and all those that we know as a whole.\n\nThus saying, we elect our officials to do our 'bidding', but, those officials, once they are in Government, have thier own way of doing things, as they have thier own set of "norms" for that Governing Body.  \n\nThey, who make the rules, are not necesarily the ones that have to "live" by the rules!! \nWhy do you think that they get into so much troubles, because they get on thier high and mighty horse and think they are "over the people" instead of being answerable to the people???\n\nThe Society is the one in which you live in. We as Americans are in no way, the same as those in Muslim Countries. As they have a different set of Values, that we dont embrace.  \n\nEven in Countries like France and Russia and places like that, the people are sometimes "alien" to our Culture, as they live by the "norm" in thier Society,and Society is influenced by a lot of different things, such as Poverty, Crime, Social and Economic strife, Cost of Living, Job availability, Transportation and other factors, make up the "whole" in our Society.  \n\nThen there is Religion... That plays a big factor in every Society!  The Jewish people have thier ways, the Islamic people have thier ways, and We have our ways, and the Russians and every other Country is influenced by the teachings of the Church.  Lets face it GOD is in our lives, whether we admit it or not, and HE plays an important factor in this all...\n\nAnd to that, I will close for now...\n\nI wish you well..\n\nJesse
5897
yes we humans are designed to be territorial and against the ones that are not our own. We can evite other conflicts by making sure everybody feels part of the human family.
252297
I would reservedly agree with you. I think it is human nature to want control and exploit...governments have the money and power to do so and they always want more of both.
775021
of couse it depends on who gains the upper hand , like at current America is probably the most powerful country ( not to mention the most ignorant ,fat & stupid). I would hate to imagine what a one world government would be like under the backers of a neo-facist , pro-life , racist bastard like George Bush.\n\n And then you have this wonderful crap called human nature which is too easily enticed by greed and corruption , anyone with Half a brain knows communism is a wonderful system in pure theory but combine it with human nature and it has become one of the most oppressive systems ever known, no system of government can operate free from this influence and as a result this NWO would fail like all the empires before them.\n\nMy third point is it's already happened, its been slowly intergarted into our lives since the late 70's early 80's.....The UN , the WTO , the fact that every currency in the world is set to the U.S dollar , Lies and government policy to encouragr disharmony between ethnic groups  and take away our rights to potect ourselves I could go on all day .\n\nDon't get me wrong i love the theoretical concept but the reality of it sucks, You'll probaly find the 'secret socities' that have that type of agenda have their foundations within the governing parties of a counrty .... a classic recent example of this is the influence a right wing fanatical group known as "the Brethren" has on Australian Politics. So really they are just part of the internal structure of these governments who push for these changes there is no differentiation
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We need stronger control over the ones we have before we start to think about ever adding any new ones.  Government has entered into too many area's of our lives and we need to get this under control as well.  Good government does not mean controlling people through a series of government programs that set people up to fail rather than succede.  We have developed a whole set of people who have relied on the government for their support for several generations setting up a whole segment of our population that believes they have been set up to fail.  We have a society where everyone should have the same chances at success as all others do, yet part of our society has been set up for failure due to these programs.  While they are needed they should be set up to assist people rather than become a way of life.
118958
I believe people shape a society.  A family is the base of a good society.