We love our Volt--Viola. She is dependable, fun to be with, and gives us everything she can. We would miss her terribly if anything happened to her. But, truth be told, she is not a real person.
Likewise we appreciate GM for building the Volt. It's a great car and everyone at GM deserves credit.
But let's be clear--GM built the Volt for one reason--to make profit. Any other reason would violate their very reason for being.
People who built the Volt no doubt feel pride in their work. I would feel great about making a cool car that can reduce pollution, stop oil imports, and help prevent climate chaos. But GM has no such feelings. Like any corporation, GM is a profit making machine without any human motivation--love and caring for people and other living things, pride in accomplishment, spirit of teamwork, desire to please and to lead people, etc. etc. Of course people do desire money, and some are downright greedy (e.g. the 1%), but striving for more money is only one of many human motivations as any good manager can attest.
Corporations are not people, and we need to repeal the inhuman supreme court ruling that says they are, including amending the U.S. constitution if necessary.
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