WE THE CORPORATES

We the Corporates,
in pursuit of eternal quarterly growth,
do solemnly swear to place profit above people, planet, principle,
and every other thing, tangible or intangible.

We pledge allegiance to the bottom line,
to the sacred spreadsheet,
to the divine shareholder value,
and now to the power of Artificial Intelligence,
that most obedient servant,
on whose back we will replace, erase, and reduce.

We declare that resources are expendable,
communities are negotiable,
and that corporate social responsibility is a figment of imagination.

We shall automate without conscience,

cull without hesitation,
and innovate without regard for the larger good.

We swear by manipulation as our core strategy,
greed as an essential virtue,
and exploitation as an unmistakable sign of progress.
We shall camouflage our greed in catchy mission statements,
and justify exploitation as means to achieve efficiency.

And so, with polished smiles and misleading core values,
we consecrate this charter of greed,
this anthem of avarice,
this declaration that everything in this vast world
is nothing but a resource to be converted to personal value,
until the next frontier is found, colonised, and commodified.

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