Ah, the fruits of capitalism…
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Every era has it’s great institution from the Church, slavery and imperialism to the now extremely powerful corporation. The Corporation is one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen. Canada’s biggest documentary explores the role of this dominating institution and how it effects our every day lives. All you have to do is look around and you will find almost everything around you linked in some form or another to a corporation. Under the law the corporation is a legal person entitled to the same rights as you and I with one difference, we have a soul.
A quick example of how a capitalist thinks: “In devastation there is opportunity.” Watch this clip:
Trading on 9/11 (2:10)
*Did you know there was a plot to overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt by corporations? Oh no, that only happens in Latin America not the United States. Wrong. THE CORPORATION [20/23] Hostile Takeover
*How much do capitalists want to privatize? Everything! A corporation from San Francisco tried to privatize a Bolivian city’s water including rain water. If the citizens tried to collect rain water they were stealing. Capitalism at its finest.
THE CORPORATION [18/23] Expansion Plan
You probably already knew this one: U.S. corporations did business with the Nazi’s further enabling the rise of Hitler.
THE CORPORATION [19/23] Taking The Right Side