Didn't mean to make it sound religious. All I was trying to get at is that I don't know what the best way is, I just know that where we are now is not it. As for the government being the only thing that can keep companies at bay, I disagree.
The government is just another monopoly, one that we have given supreme power to. I honestly think that the average person, like you and I, need to do our part by holding companies accountable and by competing with them on their playing field.
I agree, we all need to do our part. But we have to acknowledge that we don’t have the ability or power to stop a multi-national company dumping chemical waste in my local river (for example) or for companies to under pay their staff if unemployment is high. There would need to be someone, not bought by capital, to step in and say “actually no, that’s not right, stop it”.
By the way, I’m not advocating for just “government” because western nations have demonstrated that they are morally bankrupt and incapable of acting morally and in the interests of the ppl. But I am saying that some sort of authority is necessary. An authority grounding in something that’s not morally bankrupt
