If it is already recognized that the disproportionate controlling influence over policy in our society is exercised by private power, by multinational corporations and financial institutions; the question then is, “how can we pressure these institutions to support policies that are in the interests of our society, and not merely policies that are in their own exclusive material self-interest?”
Here we have to know the basic guiding theory of how to impose consequences on private power. Corporations and investors are dedicated to three prime objectives: maximization of profit, increase in share value, and expansion of market share. These objectives each depend on several factors, including obvious issues like system efficiency, supply chain flow, security, lucrative projects, and so on, as well as even intangible variables like corporate reputation and perception of operational stability, etc.
All of these factors are extremely vulnerable to disruption.
Attacking profitability is not complicated, and indeed, it is possible to inflict cascading loss, as direct financial loss causes indirect loss in the form of extra expenses, which causes operational inefficiency, and all of this negatively impacts share price, market share, company reputation and investor confidence in the targeted company. It can be enough to drive share prices down just for it to be known that a company is being targeted.
Because the system flow of any successful multinational is so intricate and interdependent, it is unavoidably fragile. Disruption at any key point will almost inevitably spread both horizontally and vertically throughout the system, and even impact the connections between separate corporate systems.