In support of Chomsky

I raised a few questions to myself (& everyone, in general) regarding Chomsky's line of thought. I failed to understand why corporates would be so short-sighted as to push their clients (consumers) into extinction?

I tried to approach the question laterally, and subsequently saw a lecture by Jared Diamond on why societies collapse, am reading Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, and Rachael Carson's Silent Spring. I got support for Chomsky from all three.

Jared Diamond studies socities and macro-conditions within them. He hypothized that the capitalist society is divided into 2 parts: the haves, and the have-nots. The haves behave short-sightedly and lead to collapse of the whole society. He gave examples of the Norse society in northern Europe who had a strong social & religious tradition. Their leaders had immense power over the population. However, their greed for domination prevented the society as a whole from adapting itself to changing times, which was increasing cold weather in those times. The innuits, who were their neighbours weren't a religious society, and hence they could adapt themselves. But the strong traditions of the Norse, coupled with powerful leaders, prevented any changes in the society, which leaned heavily on benefitting the leaders in the short run. But in the long run, they just disappeared as a society. 

He puts an analogy of this to the American state of Montana. He says that rampant agriculture & industrialization is depleting the ecology and environment. In the short run, there are high profits for the haves. The have-nots are suffering from the ill-effects of pollution. In the long run, he forsees destruction of the society.

Richard Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene talks about the gene factor in running a society / population / species / individual. It presents a perspective based on Darwin's principles, and illustrates how genes direct behaviour regarding selfishness / altruism, etc. The study leads to a situation where the individual will stop at nothing (including sacrificing oneself) to save one's nearest kind (siblings & offsprings), but will not sacrifice oneself for even near relatives. In a manner, those with power / money will try to maintain & increase it for their nearest kin at the cost of others. He also says how genes are in a way blind to the larger stability of the species. If the population has a trend of self-annihilation where some gain in the short term at the cost of others, while the whole population will die off in the long term, the genes will support the general trend. 

Rachael Carson's book Silent Spring documents the harmful effects of human development on the environment. Starting with use of harmful chemicals in agriculture (which is by far, the largest profession on earth), she provides examples how the smallest of gestures lead to amplified devastation in the long run. She provides examples of use of insecticides & pesticides that have been documented to harm humans as well as other living beings, but are still in legal use. She also talks about how the industry manipulates the scientific experiments in order to keep themselves in business. As a matter of fact, the industry had actually tried to have her book banned when it was  released in the 60s. 

With the above 3 examples, i am quite convinced of Chomsky's macro-philosophy that short term profits hold the highest prize for corporations, even at the cost of long-term annihilation of the entire human race & planet earth. I will provide further detailed analysis of the above 3 authors in the near future.