Corporations may lesser commonwealths in the bowels of a greater, like worms in the entrails of a natural man.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Corporations inside a larger state can be harmful, like parasites in a body.
- In plain terms
- Big companies inside a country can hurt it like worms hurt a human body.
- What can you take from it?
- Be wary of powerful subgroups that may harm the larger whole.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do organizations serve the whole?
- When does a group become harmful?
Another view
Corporations can also provide essential goods and services to the state.
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