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The Corporation

The corporation as psychopath...

7.7 / 10

145 minutes

2003-09-10

English

CA

Actors :

Jane Akre, Ray Anderson, Maude Barlow, Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Mikela Jay, Rob Beckwermert, Christopher Gora, Nina Jones, Richard Kopycinski, Karen Lam, Pope John XXIII, Joseph Stalin, Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill

Description

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

1/14/2023, 12:58:35 AM

This is interesting, but dated. Back in 2003 the left was still anti-corporation, they didn't support the outsourcing of jobs, they didn't support the accountability that theses institutions had they were fairly unified in their condemnation of it. Today there is a clear shift and we aren't seeing that much of it, Nike hasn't changed their practices of out-sourcing and sweatshops and are now an...