The Corporation
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If Academy Awards were given for films most likely to start arguments at dinner tables, this hot-button polemic would have won the 2005 Oscar hands down. It begins with the revelation that, according to a Supreme Court ruling, a corporation must be considered a person rather than an entity. Under this definition, reasons profiler Robert Hare, corporations can be categorized as psychopathic because they exhibit a personality disorder: that of single-mindedly pursuing their objectives without regard for the people in and around them.
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August 26th, 2009 at 02:45
Creepy but extremely insightful. Everyone will have related to this film, in at least one way, by the end of viewing it.
September 24th, 2009 at 18:06
The Supreme Court is considering the First Amendment Right with regard to ‘corporations’ & campaign contributions.
They are arguing their ‘right’ to be able to PUMP more money during the last weeks of campaigns!
Consider the other countries NOW part of some corporations, The Emirates, The Saudis…
They will gain MORE POWER to BUY Our Politicians!
I wish The Supreme Court would be required to watch this before they decide.
Until ‘money’ is taken out of elections, politicians won’t have Our best interests as their goal, but rather their aim to be re-elected by Corporate money.
November 29th, 2009 at 09:11
This documentary doesn’t seem to understand the difference between corporatism and capitalism … which is probably important when making a 3 hour documentary considering that the solutions they advocate are the opposite of what is needed.
One touted accomplishment was air quality legislation. This joke of a law didn’t ask the polluters to repair any damage. Instead they became the only ones allowed to pollute, thus granting oligopoies and all but eliminating the chance of competition and innovation in an industry that badly needs it.
Moore isn’t the rope that corporations will hang themselves with, he is the “do-gooder” that enables corporations to get big, for through his actions, big government can be “sold” to the people, and then bought by 14000 lobbyists and $3 billion in lobbying funds who know that it doesn’t take much to corrupt DC.
Corporatism is government run by corporations. The only reason one would care to run a government is if the government is overly powerful. The only way to avoid this system is if the GOVERNMENT is highly restricted.
As for keeping the corporations in check, the people already have the fastest, most direct and most effective means of control ever devised … purchasing power. Yes, some people might have more than others, but I assure you it is not the upper class that’s propping up big corporations. If you want to find the culprits here, we need only look in the mirror.
The only award that this documentary, produced by Big Picture Media Corporation, is maybe a Darwin for promoting our demise.