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  • #46
    McDonald's.

    That or one of big Tobacco companies.

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    • #47
      McDonald's is lossing money, and so are the big Tobacco companies...

      It's the energy companies and Microsoft that are in charge now
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      • #48
        Originally posted by Ming
        It's the energy companies and Microsoft that are in charge now
        My vote goes for Wal-Mart.
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        • #49
          Anyone remember Buck Duke
          The ways of Man are passing strange, he buys his freedom and he counts his change.
          Then he lets the wind his days arrange and he calls the tide his master.

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          • #50
            Originally posted by DinoDoc
            My vote goes for Wal-Mart.
            for revolutionising the American shopping experience?
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            • #51
              Walmart is a good choice... but I see them slipping right now. They are still trying to get a grip on their target audience, while other retailers are nipping at their heels.

              Some people just don't like the "walmart experience"...
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              • #52
                They are influential, obviously. But most influential of all time? Well, to each their own...
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                • #53
                  Of all time... let's talk about the Railroads then... In their hayday... the ran the government.
                  Keep on Civin'
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                  • #54
                    A good railroad could be in the money, however they never coalesced into a monolith. Collectively, yes. But not as a whole.

                    But then again, neither did Ford. However, Ford did lead industry into a new way of doing things and utilising labour. Not to mention what he did for the labourers.
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                    • #55
                      While many may want to say the current admin is controlled by "some" big business.... it isn't as bad as it used to be....
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                      • #56
                        I believe that. A small portion of our constitutional history is based purely on rail roads. They had to promise BC a rail link or no go. Hense the drive to the west. I won't complain. They needed consumers along the way so they drove the settlement along the prairies and a couple of promising provinces popped up as a consequence.
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                        • #57
                          Ming, but there was a period, in the mid 20th century, that the US government was less dependant on big bussiness than now. At least this is the impression I get as an outsider. Of course the US government was once more "in touch" with corporations. That's a well-known fact.
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                          • #58
                            Bah. Changing the way people live? Small potatoes! Proper corporations control the fates of entire countries. Like United Fruit.
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                            • #59
                              Another worthy contender.

                              De-havaland.

                              Built the Comet, the first jet powered passenger airliner. This was a catalyst of the mass international travel and commerce (through tourism) that we have today.

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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by Ming
                                Walmart is a good choice... but I see them slipping right now. They are still trying to get a grip on their target audience...
                                That's an odd thing to say about a corporation who had a quarter-trillion in retail sales last FY. Seems to me that they know their target market pretty well.

                                In terms of long-term influence, I wouldn't have Wal-Mart #1 among even American retailers - Sears has a better claim to that throne, imho.

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