Years earlier, she had asked a boss if he would let his children fly on a plane with the litany of flaws and non-conformances he was urging her to “pencil-whip”: “Cindy, none of these planes are staying in America, they’re all going overseas,” he retorted, much to her horror.
What capitalist giant corp isn’t?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_private_non-governmental_companies_by_revenue
Including such recognizable names as Aldi, State Farm, Deloitte, Ingram Micro, and Ikea.
I like that Aldi is on the list which I think is a good thing(might be a little over my head). One of my favorite places to go.
Sooo robber barons are better?
Yes. Unambigiously.
What would you rather have, one person with a ton of power making decisions, or abstract it out over a group and diffuse all responsibility?
Both are bad, but one of them has a (likely not morally great) person at the top, the other has lots of robber barons sharing ownership and collectively demanding line go up
A person isn’t usually dumb enough to fire half their workforce, because they know their bread and butter comes from that workforce. A consulting company advising the business and shareholders at the same time can easily do such stupidity for short term profits