Many schools and universities sign an agreement with one or other of the companies, stating that only that companies beverages would be sold on the campus. Students are no longer being allowed to choose which drink they buy at their school, it's chosen for them. If an educational institute is sponsored by a corporation how much control will the corporation be able to grab over what is being taught. So far I haven't heard of Coke or Pepsi demanding changes in what is taught in schools they're sponsoring, but it lies a possibility for the future. After all magazines are sponsored in much the same way - they get their money from corporations, and they are unable to publish anything that might anger those corporations.
Corporations have a large influence on our lives.
Besides the government and economic control, they control most of our media. TV, newspapers and magazines promote their opinions, and their logo's decorate our t-shirts and baseball caps. Though corporations more and more power is going into the hands of fewer and fewer people. Democracy and the freemarket have failed to keep the power in the hands of the people. This page, a part of Christy's Garden, has been visited number of times.