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Re:A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is... by 4ad on Monday August 29, 2016 @02:50PM (#12384211)
No, in a capitalist utopia they are.

I don't know if you consider the existing society capitalist or not, but I can't give serious consideration to the idea that corporations even vaguely represent the aims of society. Yes, you can claim that people have aims, not societies, but people constitute societies, and the aims of 99.9% of people are not aligned with the aims of the corporations.

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Re:A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is... by WalterBright on Monday August 29, 2016 @09:57PM (#12386912)
Having corporations in a capitalist society clearly correlates with things like reduced infant mortality, better health, etc. They do this by creating value that people want to buy and providing jobs that people want to have. Sounds representative of the aims of society to me.
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