raph,
"the industry" has got to WANT to do something
positive.
google is simply the channel through which
it may be
brought
to people's attention that "the industry" is crying out in
desperate "need" for "money" and doesn't know of a better
way to get it.
again - we come back to the simple, simple
fact and
i mean
fact that corporations with articles of convention stating
that "maximise profits over and above all else is the goal"
is completely and pathologically insane.
it's as simple as that, and it's *got* to
change to
something more positive and less cancerous.
otherwise, america - and other first world
countries who
think that "absolute maximisation of profits" is "normal" is
going to remain psychologically ill on a *massive* scale
beyond most people's comprehension.
oh - and take the rest of the planet with them.
what is believed is that "everyone" *has* to
accept "the norm"
(absolute maximisation of profits) because everyone else
does. it's "the norm". "that's the way that
corporations are. duh. what bullshit are you trying to
tell us?? doesn't *every* corporation in the world
'maximise profits'???"
in other words, the entire world is in a pathological state
- and a very destructive one at that: hence i refer to this
as a "cancer", and to Corporations as "Cancerations". and
it's not without good reason!
so, we have a pathological lock-in ("the
norm") and
the only
way to break pathological states is to change something
inside; to accept outside influence that is "beyond the
experience of those inside".
in other words, only a NEW idea has the
potential
solve the
problem.
so - here's some new ideas:
* contact your politicians and ask them to
enact a
law which
outlaws "absolute maximisation of profits" in articles of
incorporation of companies. starting with new companies,
and setting a date whereby existing companies must and i
mean MUST change their articles of incorporation to one of
prioritising "maximising of efficiency first, followed by
maximising of profits second". failure to enact the changes
will result in automatic winding-up [sale of all assets] of
the company.
* if you start a company, make sure that it
doesn't
put you
into a position where you have to encourage this pathology.
remember: you HAVE to enact the articles of incorporation,
as a director. therefore, don't put yourself into a
position of having to enact such a terrible thing "by
proxy". just... *don't*! it's *not* okay to "excuse" such
action "by proxy" - even if everyone else does it. the
cycle *has* to be broken somewhere, and it might as well
start with you, even if politicians won't act.
* don't buy products or services from companies
whose
articles of incorporation state that "absolute maximisation
of profits" is the be-all and end-all. double-check even
that the local grocery store you buy from - *especially* if
they're a health-food shop or other organic store, or a
coffee shop with an environmental policy - has decent
articles of incorporation.
* especially if a store or a shop has an environmentally
friendly slant or policy, *contact* them and ask about their
articles of incorporation, and *especially* if you have
shares in that company, point out to them that their having
an environmentally-friendly policy and having "absolute
maximisation of profits" as the be-all and end-all are
actually in conflict, because to be environmentally-friendly
costs money!
and, by pursuing an environmentally-friendly policy, you, as
a shareholder, can sue that company for NOT taking every
opportunity to maximise profits! therefore, they MUST
change the articles of incorporation - or not state that
they are an environmentally-friendly company, because the
two are unsustainably incompatible.
you get the picture.
so - google is useful in that it has
highlighted the
problem, in a very very important area: health. however,
it's not the _cause_ of the problem: the desire of
corporations to absolutely maximise profits
over-and-above-all-else is the cause of the problem, and, in
the area of healthcare, that happens to be causing people to
not *get* the best available affordable healthcare.
perhaps finally now people (especially
americans)
will start
to get it, when they are being punished by being kept
*physically* sick for being basically, on a massive scale,
too greedy for money!