In the film “The Corporation,” it discussed how a group of people can become a corporation. I think that the general public may have a skewed vision on what a corporation is. There really is no single person that runs a corporation. It had also brought up that by Supreme Court ruling a corporation is considered a person even though it’s a group of people. Some see it as a jigsaw puzzle; someone has a certain role in order for it to run efficiently. Others see it as a monster that destroys everything in its path. I felt like the movie showed both sides of the story fairly well. Those corporations started off small and honest, it seemed like when the corporation got to big then that’s when people started to have trouble with it trying to keep people accountable.
It really emphasized on the lack of human health concerns. When it came to the sweat shops it seems really wrong that the people who are making the goods are getting paid barely a fraction of what we’re spending on the goods and barely enough to feed their family. The bottom line of making money over the common good of the average person seems to be over looked whether it’s the use of drugs on cattle or people in other countries getting far less that what they should be making.
Everything has short term goodness to them but in the end it can cause a problem, the example used were Agent Orange which was used to clear out forest in Vietnam. The chemical did just that however it causes birth defects in children of Vietnam and caused cancer in the troops. Again there tends to be a reckless regard for human safety. It seemed like all corporations see is money. It doesn’t really consider the environment either, for all they know and care every drop of water, every stream can be bought and used as desired. Now in the 21st century the environment is starting to get a little more respect and is going to be considered like it hasn’t been before.
It also emphasized that when it comes to acts of terrorism, in devastation there is opportunity, there were example of when the twin towers fell prices for gold went up. In 1991 during Desert Storm Sadam was setting the oil wells on fire and oil prices skyrocketed. The stockbrokers were having a field day making money. As for children consuming trends tend to be a game by marketers, getting them young and when they get older they’ll be hooked to certain products.
When it comes to news it now can sometimes be filtered and people can’t trust it, all because of product placement and commercials.