Aer Lingus do not have National interest at heart

by radical jonny Sat Dec 15, 2007 17:06

A corporation with "self-interest rather than the National interest at heart"?

Well, THAT'S new...

by Mike - Judean Popular Peoples Front Sat Dec 15, 2007 17:25

Quite frankly there is no reason for Gaelic announcements on flights from either country. There’s nobody alive today who can speak Gaelic that cannot also speak English fluently.but if the lack of flight announcements in your hobby language is the biggest problem in the world for you right now you seriously need to get a life.

by GreyGooInc. Sat Dec 15, 2007 18:39

Corporations ideally would like to simplify their market into one big homogenised pool of zombified atomised pliant programmable consuming units.

Any semblance of community or sense of identity causes resistance to the grey goo brand of shallow consumption culture they are touting.

It costs money to rectify this by means of expensive advertising, controlling the media and lobbying of government ministers. This reduces profits.

Corporations are the enemies of distinct cultural identity and all it entails and in the interests of increasing their profits, they will normally attempt to erase it at every turn.

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by Sceptic Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:48

“Corporations are the enemies of distinct cultural identity and all it entails and in the interests of increasing their profits, they will normally attempt to erase it at every turn.”

A rather sweeping comment about corporations and it is simplistic to say that profit maximization is the objective of all corporations. The full variety of goods and services are delivered by a large variety of business entities – some large and global and others small and indigenous and many somewhere in between. As to homogeneity it depends on the market. There is not a huge difference in Dell selling PCs or Nokia selling mobile phones to Ireland or Finland or anywhere else. Other markets are distinctly national or regional however. Witness the market for beer or newspapers or cheese to name a few. To view the fare on offer in retail in those secotrs you would know what country you are in.