Comment by petrocrat
5 years ago
If the government could do that it would mean that legislators were elected that passed such a law. It's not a credible hypothetical, IMO. And even if it were, there would be recourse in the form of electing different legislators at the next opportunity.
Guantanamo Bay
And to you does human trafficking indict the private sector in the same manner or not?
We can elect legislators who are opposed to abuses like Guantanamo Bay and campaign on fixing it.
What can we or the private sector do about abuses in the private sector?
Any illegalities perpetrated by the private sector should be (and are) prosecuted to the full extend of the law. In addition, market misbehaving is punished by the market through the consumer.
The private sector is not above the law. The problem is that the government is. This is why, while both can misbehave, I see governments as a much, much larger danger to the average citizen than corporations. And the history agrees with me.
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