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vadger1 Donating Member (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 01:53 PM
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Lets talk about the worst corporations ever.
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So what's everybody's favorite horrible corporation?

Recently mine has been Bayer, which http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaminated_haemophilia_blood_products">sold HIV-contaminated drugs to hemophilia patients overseas to make a marginal profit off stuff they couldn't sell here.

It's not American but there's DeBeers, which exploited cheap labor through Apartheid and artificially raised the prices of diamonds so as to make them valuable.

How about Siemens, which http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_AG#World_War_II_Era">built ovens for Nazi Germany knowing full well what they'd be used for.

One I'm interested in now is Bacardi, which was the driving corporate sponsor behind the Cuban trade embargo and gave money to FANC, a right-wing organization accused of sponsoring terrorism in Cuba. I'm http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/boycott-bacardi-buy-better-booze">boycotting them now. As should you.

Feel free to share your own amazing discoveries about the corporate system. It amazes me how little they're held accountable for these crimes, especially Bayer and Bacardi. I'm sure there's even worse ones out there.
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