Patrick Elliott wrote:
> In corporations you get one guy 
> leading everything, a board that only sees what it wants, and everyone 
> below that doesn't get much say on "anything".

Not really. Of course, it depends on the size of the corporation.

Stockholders elect the Board of Directors, who in turn hire the officers, 
who in turn run the business and make the decisions.

> is no principles in most businesses that demand they "try" to find the 
> right path, not just the most profitable one. 

For for-profit corporations, "profitable" is the "right path", by law.

> In short, Governments are made up of a "lot" of independent groups, all 
> trying to get what they want, while businesses tend to all be one 
> monolithic group, with a single goal. In the former, if one group drives 
> over a cliff, only the people who attached themselves to that goal go 
> over with them. 

I'll disagree. If a government goes over a cliff, they take everyone with 
them. See, for example, Zimbabwe.

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