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RandomGirl
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The Corporation - Documentary

I was watching a documentary yesterday called

"The Corporation"

You can take a look at the site here:

http://www.thecorporation.com/

And you can watch the documentary on YouTube here:

http://ie.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FA50FBC214A6CE87

It's very interesting.

One thing that has caught my interest, was this:

Having acquired rights of immortal persons, what kind of person is the corporation? By
law, the corporation can only consider the interests of their shareholders. It is legally
bound to put its bottom line before everything else, even the public good.

Does anyone know about this law? I have been googling it and trying to find specific sources talking about this law, and any elaboration on it, but haven't found much.

Anyway, the movie is definitely worth watching. Of course it is biased (documentaries always have a goal to have you thinking one way or the other,) but it makes a lot of valid points.

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eRRaTiK
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i'd be very surprised if by "law" it's referring to legislation. sounds more like a self-imposed law, which makes sense for most corporations. However some corporations (non profits for example) are created for the common good.


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RandomGirl
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Originally posted by eRRaTiK
i'd be very surprised if by "law" it's referring to legislation. sounds more like a self-imposed law, which makes sense for most corporations. However some corporations (non profits for example) are created for the common good.


I don't know really. It's a quote from the 3rd chapter of the documentary.

Anyone else heard of it before?

Anyone seen the documentary, or going to watch it?

P.S. Both Michael Moore and Noam Chomsky are in it

EDIT: I would also like to know at which age you think this would be inappropriate to show in school.

Or

Do you think this shouldn't be shown in schools at all?

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there is no law that enforces behaviour as you imply. but there is the general law of profitability that enterprises DO follow. and yes, this is often at odds with the public good.


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quote:
Originally posted by Theresa
P.S. Both Michael Moore and Noam Chomsky are in it

Hehe, by default with those two jokers in it, it's polemical movie making rather than any kind of bipartisan documentary then

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chomsky isnt a joker. he is a respected intellectual with a brilliant mind!


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Lilith
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I'm not saying he's an idiot, I'm saying he's a biased.

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omg bias


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I'm not saying he's an idiot, I'm saying he's a biased.


Everyone is biased. EVERYONE!!!

MUAHAHAHA!

No, but seriously. It is impossible not to be biased in some way. I would suggest watching the documentary before you make the assumption that it's just a joke.

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Biased opinions are fine, it's just that Moore and Chomsky tend to be very aggressive disputants and I'd be very wary of of how they are presented next to any other people with differing views under the guise of it being a documentary.
I'm just extremely sceptical about the amount of films these days being passed off as 'documentary', especially from the US and north america

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yeah, from all accounts this documentary is very one-sided, but that doesn't pose a problem for people like me, that you know, have a brain and can appreciate it as a partisan position rather than a rigorous investigative "fact finding" mission.


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quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
Biased opinions are fine, it's just that Moore and Chomsky tend to be very aggressive disputants and I'd be very wary of of how they are presented next to any other people with differing views under the guise of it being a documentary.
I'm just extremely sceptical about the amount of films these days being passed off as 'documentary', especially from the US.


You should watch it

LOL!

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