The Corporation (2004) is one of the most important documentaries I have seen, and I learned so much about how multi-national corporations work, and why they seem to be taking over everything---because they actually are.
The movie is not exciting or even shocking in the Michael Moore documentary sort of way, but as it builds, as layers are peeled away, it becomes frightening and shocking.
What did I learn....that corporations are given the same rights as a person, but because of their make-up, are not held to the same standards of an individual. The consequences of this "limited liability" are shocking.
That patents on living organisms can be held, as ruled not by the patent office, which had turned down such patents, but by the courts, who ruled and living organism seemed like a chemical to them. this has led to ownership by corporations of almost everything, even rainwater. It is mind-boggling and frickin' scary.
And let's be clear, when anyone says privatization of anything, it means ownership by corporations, whose bottom line, by law, is ALWAYS about profit. So privatize the firefighters means that a corporation will run the firehouses. And what is the responsibility of a corporation...PROFIT! Not saving lives, not saving property. By law, they must put profit above all these things.
If anyone ever wonders why these violent protest when the World Bank convenes, of the WTO has a summit, watch this movie. You will understand immediately. And you may want to join in next time it comes to your area.
A very important movie!
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