LOL! Yep--I'm a bit overwhelmed! I don't have enough time right now to give this the response it is due. So I too will get back to you. :-)
One quick comment:
My background is in corporate America (finance and law), mostly in one of those mega-corporations you refer to (top 100 of Fortune500 for decades, usually top-ten in California, etc). I've known several of those truly great CEOs on a first name basis. I believe corporations play an important role in our economic structure and are too often villainized with a broad brush. I have no use for the leftists who think that evil corporations should pay more taxes to fund their socialist programs. But I also recognize that there are corporations that act responsibly and those that do not.
More later (but it may be tomorrow).
No hurry, and the views you expressed here are my own. I realize it’s oversimplification to state that corporations are never a problem. They can be.
I look forward to your response, but don’t feel compelled to respond to all of it if you are short of time. I didn’t mean to lock you in to a detailed response. I try to cover a lot of peripheral issues when I discuss something where there may be disagreement, so the person I’m talking to will understand exactly where I am coming from. I know it’s tough to respond to that type of a post without taking time to do it.
I do view that as an unfortunate downside, so I apologize.
Take care.