Thursday, December 08, 2005

Thorazine for the Wall Street Crowd?

This is a link to a review of a film that came out in 2004 called The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. The film takes the idea of a corporation as a legal entity to it's logical conclusion: If a corporation has the rights of an individual, it should be evaluated by the same criteria we use to evaluate other individuals. When placed on the therapist's couch, most corporations start to look a good deal more dangerous than the guy down the street that argues with fenceposts.

It really boils down to the fact that you can't create an entity with profit as it's sole responsibility and then allow it the freedom to act as it sees fit. The results will not be to the benefit of society.

I know I'm late to the party on this one, but I'm hoping to find this film under the tree this year, and so should you.

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