Is the corporate world destroying Earth for profits?

Opinion. The views expressed are the author’s own.

According to Taxfairness.ca Canada’s Biggest Corporations Profits made over $578 Billion dollars in 2025. America’s Corporate Profits neared $4.077 Trillion dollars in 2025 also Chinese Corporations exceeded these figures greatly according to Statista.com. Lots of money being made, along with job building and economic growth.

What is the main purpose behind a corporation? Well corporations exploit and use the earths essence, from our Our land, Sea and Air to sell for a profit to us, the global population.

They harvest the Earths minerals, forests, Oceans and Sea of limited resources like wildlife, sea creatures, minerals, energy sources, water and even our air. The corporation manipulates the earths resources into sellable products.

The oceans become dumping grounds for corporations and governments alike. Its cheaper to dump our garbage and waste into a water mass they are not responsible to maintain. Our forests are farmed and harvested on a schedule that is often to quick. Got to feed the pulp and paper mills of the world. Our mineral and energy sources are finite, yet the corporate world continues to take and take. They search the world looking for energy sources and seize them periodically. Venezuela’s Oil fields are not controlled by American energy Corporations under guard of US Military. There is no greater example of how a corporate entity can prevail upon its government to commit international crimes like seizing a leader of a sovereign and taking control of this nations mineral wealth.

National Governments tend to favor their multi-national corporations. Both compete for global economic dominance and economic power. The entire government of China is based upon a economic competitive trend…. influence, purchase or take what the greater corporation needs and desires. If you look at the Chinese Governments structure you will see a corporate leadership(the politburo), major and lesser management structure and a military/security apparatus to protect the structure and carry out the leaderships requirements.

The myth of a democracy lays out a corporate structure within the government itself. Who supports those who run for office in America? The Corporations of America donated billions to the Trump Cause. In return the Trump Administration cuts regulatory laws, environmental protections and labor laws that hinder a corporations ambitions. Look to your local City Council and see who leads the way to allow developers to purchase protected lands for development. A financial tit for tat among corporations and the corporate elite.

Harvard Law states the main impetus of a corporation: is the shareholders benefit: Profitability. Sure corporations take into account the environmental, social and governance but it all goes down to the corporate accumulation of money. Profitability is all that counts and often how that profit is generated has no moral or ethical boundaries.

Historically the British Empire and American Corporations ruled the roost establishing corporate entities throughout the world. Ultimately these corporations helped establish what has developed into the greatest of corporate entities, The People Republic of China. China is now the greatest threat to the Western Corporate Status Quo. Corporations compete for just about anything globally. Corporations have the means to create military conflicts globally hiring private armies whose purpose is profitability as well. Black Water of America, Frontier Services of China, Defion International (Peru), Aegis Defense of Britain, Wagner Group of Russia, Garda World of Canada are examples of private armies available for hire globally.

So Corporations harvest the earth in an uncontrolled fashion and are capable of creating and maintaining global conflicts all for the sake of profitability. Money before humanities needs? Perhaps.

Steven Kaszab lives in Bradford, Ont.