It's hard to imagine what the alternative is in the case of one person vs. a large company such as Nestle.
You can make suggestions, but they're highly unlikely to take them on board. They're not going to change their way of doing things because of one person.
( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 14:20, archived)

Not within the current social structure
but there are thousands of alternatives to the society we currently live in. I don't assume that this is the best, or only workable one, even if it's pretty good on a lot of measures.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 14:23, archived)

I'm struggling to see how it could work very differently unless large companies didn't exist.
Because as soon as the company has a large number of customers all with conflicting interests, it'd be impossible or at least uneconomical for them to adapt their services for every customer.
( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 14:25, archived)

You're still thinking in the existing framework
An option could be to have "customer's unions", or run all companies as co-operatives. As examples.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 14:30, archived)

It's true that one person can do anything, but governments can
It might not be our government that does anything, but in the case of Nestle, the African governments can put a ban on their products.
( SuperMatt, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 14:26, archived)

Yes, that's true.
I was seeing this as more of a 'can one person make a large company do what they want' thing, rather than a 'can we stop large companies from doing evil things' though.
More about adapting to personal choice than not being cunts. Maybe I've misinterpreted.
( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 14:28, archived)

A lot of change can come through government
We probably won't see our dependence of fossil fuels end during our life time, but government, with a strong focus, will make the change we all want.
( SuperMatt, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 14:32, archived)

I'd go a damn sight further than this.
The idea that governments are not strong enough to affect change is a downright lie perpetuated by the right in order to dismiss other political strategies without debating them.
( Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 14:49, archived)