The Corporation
Posted on February 26, 2004
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"within less than ten years a handful of global companies will own directly or through license the actual genes that make up the evolution of our species."
this is not science ficton but a chilling quote taken from a new documentary now playing in canadian theaters. "the corporation" is from canadian film makers mark achbar, joel bakan and jennifer abbott. mark achbar also directed the film manufacturing consent: noam chomsky and the media, which was the most successful canadian feature documentary ever made. i got this from noam chomsky's book understanding power published in 2002 but I think another film produced by now defunct canadian production house salter street films may have topped it, michael moore's bowling for columbine.
synopsis: THE CORPORATION engages us in a darkly amusing account of the institution’s birth as a legal “person” whose prime directive is to produce ever-increasing profit for it’s shareholders regardless of the cost to anyone, or anything else. this pathological nature wasn’t always written in stone. 150 years ago a corporation was merely an organized way of doing business. today it is a global power. view trailer
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I just got done reading When Corporations Rule the World, which takes on the same topics.
Namely how corporations, originally designed to improve work collaboration and business financing, meant to serve people, and society's needs, are now gaining too many rights, as an individual would, and without governmental checks and balances, and no social concience, are by their very winner-takes all, competetive nature, enteties that can not help to weaken democracies, citizen rights, and human freedoms.
I recommend it. Add it to your speed-read list ;)
::posted by: Kevin at March 1, 2004 09:19 AM
a great picture mark! love the pattern and the balance... you have a great eye for this things!
the quote makes me worry!
::posted by: paul at March 1, 2004 05:10 PM
