This statement was more of a signal to the American people. It's up to us to vote and make the policy decisions to make this possible. As Noam Chomsky often says, even if a CEO wanted to do the right thing, they can't because of the structural constraints. They would be fired so fast. So it's up to us to change those constraints.
> The concentration of wealth and enhancement of corporate power translate automatically to decline of democracy. Research in academic political science has revealed that a large majority of voters are literally disenfranchised, in that their own representatives pay no attention to their wishes but listen to the voices of the donor class. It is furthermore well established that elections are pretty much bought: electability, hence policy, is predictable with remarkable precision from the single variable of campaign spending, both for the executive and Congress.
Most Americans are politically disenfranchised and political decisions are often made counter to what the majority want and vote for, in favour of elite and corporate interests.
It's pretty amazing to claim corporations are signalling some kind of unity and/or support of the general public based on this PR piece, while their money, lobbying, and power are doing the exact opposite.
