Review of The Corporation (2003) by Chris D — 24 Dec 2010

Something the "consensus" even failed at, although the film was careful to distinguish, is the difference between "corporatism" and "capitalism". Capitalism is a separate classification that relates to the world of business, while corporatism is the mingling of business interests in the world of government, which have become a serious problem in the U.S and all over the world.

When corporations can successfully lobby the government to bail out the "losers" who failed at running a successful businesses (i.e. "banks" like Lehman Brothers) we no longer are living in a capitalist society, where success and failure is suppose to be dictated by the day-to-day profit returns. Now, success is mainly determined by how well you are able to purchase politicians to protect your bottom line. The movie is very narrow in its focus, only detailing the structure of a corporation and how it affects every aspect of the world we line in, for good and (mostly) for ill. Nevertheless, I learned a lot about how this broken business structure has harmed our world so few consequences: a couple million dollars in fines for mega billion dollar corporations? It's a disturbing film, and it should be required viewing in all schools.