"The Corporation" (Full Movie)

[Turborama]

Run time: 07:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL9sWyiUyH0   Posted on YouTube: January 22, 2010 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: January 22, 2010 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 1182

 
Considering recent events, I thought it was worth posting this seminal work as a timely refresher for those who have already seen it, and an opportunity to watch it for the 1st time for those who haven't. The whole thing is nearly 3 hours long but the playlist below has subheadings, if you want to watch it piece by piece.

Playlist: http://tiny.cc/PlaylistParts1to23
(Parts 1 to 23 with subheadings for each part)

Alternative Part 1: http://tiny.cc/Part1throughto23
(Automatically leads into part 2 & then 3 etc etc)

Extras and Transcripts: http://tiny.cc/ExtrasandTranscript
(From the official website)

Synopsis:

Among the 40 interview subjects are CEOs and top-level executives from a range of industries: oil, pharmaceutical, computer, tire, manufacturing, public relations, branding, advertising and undercover marketing; in addition, a Nobel-prize winning economist, the first management guru, a corporate spy, and a range of academics, critics, historians and thinkers are also interviewed.

A LEGAL "PERSON"

In the mid-1800s the corporation emerged as a legal "person." Imbued with a "personality" of pure self-interest, the next 100 years saw the corporation's rise to dominance. The corporation created unprecedented wealth but at what cost? The remorseless rationale of "externalities" (as Milton Friedman explains, the unintended consequences of a transaction between two parties on a third) is responsible for countless cases of illness, death, poverty, pollution, exploitation and lies.

THE PATHOLOGY OF COMMERCE: CASE HISTORIES

To assess the "personality" of the corporate "person," a checklist is employed, using diagnostic criteria of the World Health Organization and the standard diagnostic tool of psychiatrists and psychologists. The operational principles of the corporation give it a highly anti-social "personality": it is self-interested, inherently amoral, callous and deceitful; it breaches social and legal standards to get its way; it does not suffer from guilt, yet it can mimic the human qualities of empathy, caring and altruism. Four case studies, drawn from a universe of corporate activity, clearly demonstrate harm to workers, human health, animals and the biosphere. Concluding this point-by-point analysis, a disturbing diagnosis is delivered: the institutional embodiment of laissez-faire capitalism fully meets the diagnostic criteria of a "psychopath."

More: http://tiny.cc/Synopsis

[zeos3]

1. I've seen this movie a few times

and just bought a copy of the 2 disc special edition. It's worth viewing many times. Thanks for the post.

[krkaufman]

2. Thanks for the reminder.

I need to go hunt down my copy.

[Quantess]

3. I borrowed it from the library.

I just finished watching the first disc.
Everyone needs to see this film! People need to wake up.
I think even conservatives should be able to get something out of the film without too much mental resisitance.