Corporate Accountability comes up in 2 chapters across 2 episodes of The Higherside Chats Free Show, from March 2012 to November 2020.
Decentralized Food Systems and Free Market Accountability
Greg Carlwood and Doug Lindemood discuss the risks of centralized food systems where a few corporations control 80% of beef production. They advocate for a decentralized, capitalistic model where local ranchers are personally accountable to their customers, allowing for transparency that giant industrial entities cannot provide.
Occupy Movement Strategies and Corporate Boycotts
The Occupy Movement is criticized for using outdated 1960s protest tactics rather than modern technological leverage. Effective resistance requires targeted boycotts of airlines charging excessive luggage fees and corporations that moved manufacturing jobs from cities like Detroit and Cleveland to overseas locations. Financial pressure is identified as the only language corporations react to, citing predatory credit card interest rate hikes as a primary grievance.
