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I tend to trust government more than corporations because government is held accountable in a more logical sense. (At least here in Canada.)
Corporations tend to be accountable only after gauging a cost-benefit analysis of having to pay fines for breaking laws meant to protect people, or what it would mean for the company's "goodwill" or bottom line.
(That's just the tip of the iceberg.)
We empower governments by voting, applying pressure, and lobbying. We empower corporations through relatively unseen market forces.
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And as an aside, I'd trust several corporations before I'd trust Ayn Rand.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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