“Today, as in the Gilded Age, we live in a world where a morality of personal responsibility rubs shoulders with a culture of greed and of flagrant social irresponsibility. Now as then, business has shed its collective responsibility for employees - just as government has for its citizens.” WorldGovernmentAgeTodayCultureSocialResponsibilityCitizensMoralityGreedShouldersCorporationsEmployeeCollectivesShedPersonal ResponsibilityIrresponsibilityGildedGilded AgeCollective Responsibility Book:Sociopathic Society: A People's Sociology of the United States Source: Sociopathic Society: A People's Sociology of the United States
“The intertwining of corporations and government has become so extensive in this century that the notion of a democratic balancing act has become a dangerous illusion-and one of the cornerstones of the corporate mystique.” GovernmentCenturyDangerousIllusionDemocraticNotionCorporateCorporationsCornerstonesMystiqueBalancing Act Book:Corporation Nation: How Corporations are Taking Over Our Lives -- and What We Can Do About It Source: Corporation Nation: How Corporations are Taking Over Our Lives -- and What We Can Do About It
“Quite simply, there can be no popular sovereignty without a real belief in the value of government. If government does not assume and carry out public responsibilities, less accountable institutions such as the corporation will do the job in their own self-interest.” IfsDoeRealSelfGovernmentJobsValuesBeliefInterestResponsibilityInstitutionsAssumingCorporationsSovereigntySelf InterestPopular Sovereignty Author:Charles Derber
