Big Business and Competition...convo with Ben Stewart (Kymatica and Esoterica Agenda)

Hey Ben, I've been a strong supporter of esoteric agenda and Kymatica since I laid eyes on them. Zeitgeist and Down the Rabbit Hole sparked a renaissance of the idea and journey of self-actualization that I had bits and pieces of through amazing teachers and individuals who I had encountered since middle school. Needless to say, after college I joined the ranks of 9-5ers in the corporate america playground of structure, regulation, operational efficiency, productivity, top line growth, and CEO's "saving the company and it's stockholders" by taking "necessary measures" to fire people. Now, I came into this job knowing this, didnt know just HOW ugly it was, but the main purpose was to see the dark side of the beast. I did not want to be a hipocrate in the sense that I chastised the idea of big business, yet never saw it from the inside. Planning my indefinite trip to S.America, had enough of the Corporate, consumerism, capitalistic nature of America, and ready for my personal life sebaticle....Enough of me though, I had a few questions I have been pondering and wanted to see what you thought about it: 1) Can big business ever be "good" (good in the sense that you are doing "right" for humanity, adding value to the universe). 2) Is not competition good for society in some sense? The idea of varying products, not having a monopoly on one industry, incapacitating an individual or group to have complete control over the masses. Competition could be in the sense of not having a groupthink mentality, so in that sense competition or varying views (products) are healthy. But I feel that ego's get in the way and human nature messes things up...throw money in there and the equation spins out of control...just wanted to get your viewpoint, if you have time I'd love to hear what you have to say! Keep injecting positive thoughts and putting ideas/facts on the table for people to interpret....love it. Looking forward to following your Hanging Man project, great stuff.

BEN Response:

Tim, thank you for your well thought out email. First question, can big business ever be good? Well absolutely. Anything is possible. The problem with big business now is the general collective cultural canon of the people. It is a belief that the more you have, the more secure you will be in the future. And deep deep within all of us, we feel insecure and need to externalize that void in the form of material gain and profit. The problem is not Big Business, it's the reason why we have Big Business to begin with. This leads to your next question. Isn't competition good in some sense. Absolutely. But I always look at it this way. Competition to the Romans and Greeks actually meant to strive along side our brothers and sisters to a common good. Today it means, to strive for an upper hand above and beyond our brothers and sisters which will create status and power giving us further security because we then have something that other people want and need. So we can use it as a bargaining chip.
Competition today is based out of fear and defense (the somatic) rather than growth and development (the viscera). It's very simple once you consider the inner motive and will of the people who make up big business. Not all business owners are malicious. In fact very few are. It's the deep seeded fear within them that makes them feel as if the HAVE to be deceitful and dishonest and ruthless in order to stay alive. It's a typical defense mechanism.
Again thank you for your question. Hope my answers made sense and helped a bit.