Psychotic Corporations
There must be a reason for the rampant ill health of humans, animals, plants—of Gaia herself. It didn't "just happen" to get like this, and when you start to look for the reasons, it always seems to come down to the same thing—rampant, out of control corporations. Gaia Health has opted to confront this basic fact of modern life. It's necessary if we're to have any hope of cooling down Gaia's fever, or even slowing it. And if we don't resolve the earth's ill health, what chance is there for our own?
Recent Psychotic Corporations:
Psychcorp Award: GE Gags Scientist Who Exposed Danger of Its Product—Corporations that demonstrate their willingness to engage in a scorched earth policy to protect sales of their products are honored with the Psycho Corporation Award. GE used Britain's draconian libel law to silence a scientist who exposed the truth that its product, Omniscan, is killing people. |
PsychoCorp #4—Merck Published Fake Medical Journal—In its efforts to sell fatally flawed drugs, Merck produced and published a fake journal, the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine. Elsevier was quite happy taking their money for printing it—and keeping quiet about it, too. Perhaps the marketing department at Merck should be given an award for its creativity...right before they and everyone involved are marched off to prison. |
PsychoCorp #3—Laser Spine Institute Spams for Spine Surgery—Laser Spine Institute placed itself in nomination for the Psycho Corporation Award when it landed in my e-mail inbox as spam. It promises, "GET BACK OUT THERE"...all I need to do to turn my life around is submit to a "minimally invasive Laser Spine Procedure". |
PsychoCorp #2—You Thought You Knew What Happened in the Exxon Valdez "Accident"?—It's been 20 years since the Exxon Valdez disaster. What really happened? Exxon had refused to fix the radar system. Exxon claimed to have provided cleanup equipment, but that proved to be a lie. Exxon promised to pay for the losses. Then, they went about creating delays and obstructions to avoid doing just that. |
PsychoCorp #1—FMC Product Banned in U.S. Kills Lions in Africa—FMC hypes its "Commitment to Stewardship" campaign while selling its pesticide to African nations after it was restricted in the U.S. and banned in Europe. The product, Furadan, is such an effective poison that Kenyan cattle herders have sprinkled it over carcasses to lure and kill lions. Oddly enough, its manufacturer, FMC, sees it a little differently. |
 To set the tone and explain just why it is that corporations are at the root of most of today's problems, we're starting with a brilliant documentary, The Corporation. It discusses corporations' status as human beings, the type of human they must be—sociopath—and why they must act that way. The entire film is here, divided into 23 easy-to-digest sections. This is an eye-opening, ground-breaking film. |
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