[quote=Brovo]
 Capitalism doesn't create poverty. Human nature does. Long before there was capitalism, there was poverty. There was poverty in the USSR, there is poverty in China and Cuba, there is poverty no matter which side of the spectrum you are on. With finite resources comes the inevitable: Some will have more, some will have less. Corporations =/= Capitalism. Two people can exchange goods using currency, that's capitalism. Corporatism may be what you're targeting here.As for sweat shops, ask Ukraine all about that. I'm sure they have more than a few stories about what the USSR did to them, and the USSR was extremely left wing.Like it or not, greedy people kill people... Whether that's in the USSR, in a communist state, in the USA, or in a capitalist state. That will never change.
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"Human nature" is a social construct, but that's a discussion that is entirely irrelevant to the OP. So back to the OP, which I am yet to actually comment on... Yes, corporations should be held responsible for their pollution. Many don't seem to realize it, but if we continue at this rate we will only have about a few decades before Earth is no longer able to sustain life. I'm more and more convinced that humanity itself will bring about its own extinction.