The Corporation (Video)

KhanCEO · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: The Corporation (Video)

The Corporation

Enjoy, thank you for watching!
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joewp · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:25 am Post subject: Re: The Corporation (Video)

I'm only 20 minutes into it and think it's great. If you didn't know this stuff before it will chill your blood.

Oh wait, I know all about Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company and I'm still getting chills. It's amazing how seeing something in the film format really brings it to life.

Thanks for posting this Khan, great find.
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turmoil · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:10 am Post subject: Re: The Corporation (Video)

Zardoz · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:36 am Post subject: Re: The Corporation (Video)

Yeah, it's really good. How about that psychological checklist? Most corporations have the personality profile of a psychopath.
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NEOPO · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:14 am Post subject: Re: The Corporation (Video)

Worth every minute.
Excellent find.

Although I have a grievance or two Wink

Firstly I can easily imagine the corporation being just another tool of the central banking system - federal reserve.
Its not to get more money/power but to continually seperate us from ours.

Once a person learns about PO then they see everything in PO terms as well as whatever "normal" terms were prior.
Once one becomes aware of the influence of the central bankers then that influence can no longer be easily forgotten or ignored when thinking things thoroughly through - "wtttt" for short Wink

Thus central banker as the driver of the corporate machine is a step I can take without much thought.

They didnt have to directly play in the game - just promote and fund it.
They could easily allow another echelon of wealthy to join the fold.
Like WWII - regardless of the outcome - they win we lose.

Sheesh 95%+ of the crap we buy is either polluting the environment, promoting slave labor, promoting war or otherwise bad for everyone and everything.

My final issue is with boycotting.
How do we boycott when in most instances we really do not have a choice.
Some of the biggest offenders are Corps. like Walmart and their biggest customer is the poor.
Now imagine asking the poor people to give up their little bit of disposable income.
What worked in the past will not work now.
Awareness is critical yet it will not solve this problem alone.

I still have hope for civil disobedience yet I know the slave camps were not built without reason.

ok I feel better - sorry Cool

Great movie *emotionally disturbing* neopo gives it 3 thumbs up.
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joewp · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:59 am Post subject: Re: The Corporation (Video)

It's also available as a bittorrent download here.

Apparently this was released by the filmmaker. How the heck does he expect to make any money like this? Smile

I applaud Mark Achbar for making this important film. You can also find out more about this immense problem here.

Now back to watching the movie, I fell asleep watching it last night.

EDIT: I just wanted to add that this thread should be in the "Peak Oil Discussion" forum, because the modern corporate form is only possible with cheap energy. One person in the film even says the corporation got it's start with Thomas Newcomen's steam pump that ran on coal.
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joewp · Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: Re: The Corporation (Video)

Apparently, this movie has been pulled from Google Video.

It is still available via bittorrent here.

It's too bad it's gone.
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JustinFrankl · Intermediate Crude Joined: Aug 22, 2005 Posts: 657

For those of you with usenet access, it was also posted on alt.binaries.pl.divx on 26-Nov.
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NEOPO · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: The Corporation (Video)

The Corporation Trailer

Should have downloaded it when we had the chance.
Time to make some money on this I guess.
Why not - if I see it for sale I will buy it because I like giving some of my money to people who think and try to educate.
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InformedEJ · Tar Sands Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Posts: 94

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.---US constitution.