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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I watched this documentary called The Corporation last night. Its packed full of really cool information, and could have been a great evenhanded historical piece, outlining the history of corporations in the world.
Unfortunately, the producer decided to make it into a left wing, absolutely absurd criticism of corporations. The facts and stories are interesting enough to hold you for two hours, but every section is punctuated with some "point" about how corps are ruining our world. The movie never once gives a stitch of credit to the good corps do. It seems to suggest socialism is preferable and never deals with the fact that, but for corporations, many of the advancements in health, science, technology, communications, etc... would never exist. Instead, it just one-sidedly focuses on environmental problems caused by corps and selective examples of corps being prosecuted for crimes.
I don't mind a movie with an agenda, but these fucking extreme liberals go too far with this shit. They don't understand that they lose people when they put out one sided propaganda like this flick. And the preachiness was insulting. The narrative - delivered in NPRish tone (often by whiny freakish looking creatures, including Chomsky himself [possibly the most clueless fuck ever to publish an academic paper]) - reminds you of that idiot who taught you Econ 101 in freshman year. It was that condescending tone - the voice of one who'd studied but never actually plied her purported area of expertise.
I recommend this movie for two reasons:
1. There is a really interesting discussion of how the fact that corps are not allowed by law to have consciences affects society; and
2. You get a better understanding of why people hate the extreme left, and just how smug and self-righteous it can be.
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I saw it last year in a sneak preview and I really liked it a lot.
The guy who ran the carpet company from North Carolina and the Shell guy who invited the protestors to tea were my favorite subjects in the movie.
The section on how corporations market to kids scared the crap out of me.
I rather liked the film, even if it was absurdly long.
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