I don't agree with the "don't take my money" argument. Heavy regulation of corporations, in my mind, would include heavily taxing those corporations who require the most regulation. Perhaps a system where a violation of a regulation will result in a percentage increase in tax rate that will last for several years (at least 10). Corporations would soon find it more profitable to not kill me and destroy the environment than to continue doing so.
Think through the argument about the media. The corporations already exist. Simply saying "well that's because the government made it that way" doesn't hold any water. Republican economic policies have had a profound effect on the country's economy. That's the state of the current situation. I can't accept condoning the Libertarian platform without a convincing solution to the problems I've outlined above. Nor do I think the libertarian idea of just taking away all the advantages of forming a corporation is a responsible (read, won't kill a lot of people) solution to the current problems.
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