Ben Cohen
speaker
1,024 appearances
9 recordings
7 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 19 Jun
Ben Cohen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I think businesses are members of the community and they need to be responsible members of the community, responsible to the community, responsible for values other than maximizing their short-term profits and whatever fallout falls out.
The reality...
is that business is incredibly political.
Business controls our elections through campaign contributions.
Business controls our legislation through lobbying.
They control our media through ownership.
They control the lives of everyday lives as employees and customers.
So the norm is for businesses to take their stands covertly,
They don't want people to know that they are the people that are funding these politicians to do their bidding.
They don't want people to know that weapons manufacturers have two lobbyists for every congressperson.
I mean, the place is crawling with lobbyists that are paid for by business, that are trying to influence the laws of our country in their own favor.
If you say, well, business shouldn't be taking political stands.
I mean, they're taking political stands every day of the year.
But the difference is they're covert about it.
They don't want to be open.
They want to hide it.
And because they're taking all those stands just only in their narrow self-interest.
So Ben and Jerry's takes their stands overtly in the interest of the community in general.
And I think there's also this issue of being tarred and feathered with the same brush.
The spokespeople for business is the Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, all these business PACs, whatever.
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