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Diese nach dem gleichnamigen Buch von Joel Bakan entstandene über zweistündige Dokumentation (englischer O-Ton mit deutschen Untertiteln) beleuchtet die Entstehung, Entwicklung und die heutige Stellung von Konzernen, und ihre Folgen für uns. Sie wurde in den USA und Europa mehrfach ausgezeichnet.
Und das zu Recht. Als ich den Film im Kino gesehen hatte, blieben alle noch bis zum Ende des Abspanns sitzen -- so tief gehen die Erkenntnisse, die dieser Film vermittelt. Nach diesem Film ahnt man, was mit Konzernen nicht stimmt: Sie sind nämlich, rein rechtlich gesehen, Personen; doch im Gegensatz zu Menschen fehlt ihnen eins, nämlich jegliches Verantwortungsgefühl. Und sie sind dabei im Recht, denn Konzerne sind juristisch sogar dazu verpflichtet, Gewinn zu machen, um jeden Preis. Die denkwürdige These dieses Films ist, dass Konzerne, als Personen betrachtet, gemeingefährliche Psychopathen wären, da sie einfach nur die eigenen Interessen verfolgen, ohne Gewissen und ohne Schuldgefühle.
Zwar ist diese Dokumentation auf die Bedürfnisse der MTV-Generation zugeschnitten -- schnelle Schnitte, ansprechende Musik, Video-Schnipsel usw --, doch hält ist der "Propaganda-Faktor" noch sehr erträglich; so kommen nicht nur die "üblichen Verdächtigen" (u.a. Noam Chomsky und Michael Moore) zu Wort, sondern auch andere, etwa ein Börsenmakler, ein Industriespion und mehrere Konzernchefs. Und oft sind es gerade Kommentare dieser Menschen, die im Kontext dieser Dokumentation nur noch Kopfschütteln hervorrufen. Oft weiss man nicht, ob man lachen oder weinen soll.
Es gibt so viele Beispiele, die einem nicht mehr aus dem Kopf gehen -- die Privatisierung von Trinkwasser in Dritte-Welt-Ländern; die Vertuschungs- und Manipulationsversuche eines Milchkonzerns bezüglich einer Dokumentation über gesundheitliche Risiken in seiner Milch; die Patentierbarkeit von Genmaterial und deren langfristige Folgen für Mensch und Umwelt; die Zusammenarbeit zwischen IBM und dem Dritten Reich; die Manipulation durch die Werbeindustrie, und und und...
Ach ja, die DVD enthält nur die englische Originalfassung, aber wahlweise mit sauber gemachten deutschen Untertitel (ist ja auch keine Selbstverständlichkeit...). Und im Gegensatz zu der englischen Fassung fehlt bei der deutschen Ausgabe die Bonus-DVD mit den ungeschnittenen Interviews -- grrr... --, also sich nicht von der unteren englischen Rezension täuschen lassen, die wohl für die amerikanische Fassung gilt.
Fazit: Ich bin ein eher kritischer Mensch und kein radikaler Globalisierungsgegner, doch dieser Film zeigt, dass Konzerne tatsächlich nicht nur Wohltäter der Menschheit sind. Ich kann und muss diesen Film allen nur wärmstens ans Herz legen, die auch nur ein bisschen über ihren Tellerrand schauen und die wissen wollen, was Konzerne eigentlich sind und was sie für Auswirkungen auf Mensch und Natur haben. Der Film birgt ungeheuer viel Wissenswertes und regt zum Nachdenken an, und das ist es, was eine gute Dokumentation meiner Meinung nach leisten muss. Daher gehört dieser Film für mich zweifellos zu den besten Dokus der letzten Jahre. Fünf Sterne.
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Rezension aus Deutschland vom 27. September 2005
Rezension aus Deutschland vom 21. Juni 2007
In der Rezension von "schrottvogel" steht, dass es deutsche Untertitel gibt. Diese Rezension ist auch sichtbar, wenn man hier die UK_IMPORT-Version betrachtet, die aus zwei DVDs besteht und die ich bestellt hatte. Diese enthält jedoch spanische, französische und englische Untertitel (letztere habe ich benutzt und waren für mich hilfreich), jedoch keine deutschen.
Nach der Hälfte des Films hatte ich ein deutliches Empfinden dafür, in welchem Ausmaß meine eigene Existenz der einer Marionette ähnelt; in welch großem Umfang uns seit frühester Kindheit unsere umgebende Welt prägt. Seltsam, dass wir als "Erwachsene" zumeist trotzdem den Eindruck haben, selbstbestimmt zu sein, ein eigenes, begründetes Weltbild zu haben und authentisch zu leben. Die Krankheitsstatistiken in der modernen Zivilisation sprechen eine andere Sprache und es ist nicht selbstverständlich, das im Zusammenhang sehen zu können. Dieser Film hilft.
Ganz besonders beeindruckt hat mich die verblüffende und absolute Offenheit verschiedener CEOs und eines Börsenmaklers vor der Kamera bezüglich der eigenen dunklen Seiten. Beispielsweise hat letzterer unmissverständlich glaubhaft und vor allem nachvollziehbar(!) machen können, welche wahnsinnige Freude der Irakkrieg an der Börse hervorgerufen hat...
Nach der Hälfte des Films hatte ich ein deutliches Empfinden dafür, in welchem Ausmaß meine eigene Existenz der einer Marionette ähnelt; in welch großem Umfang uns seit frühester Kindheit unsere umgebende Welt prägt. Seltsam, dass wir als "Erwachsene" zumeist trotzdem den Eindruck haben, selbstbestimmt zu sein, ein eigenes, begründetes Weltbild zu haben und authentisch zu leben. Die Krankheitsstatistiken in der modernen Zivilisation sprechen eine andere Sprache und es ist nicht selbstverständlich, das im Zusammenhang sehen zu können. Dieser Film hilft.
Ganz besonders beeindruckt hat mich die verblüffende und absolute Offenheit verschiedener CEOs und eines Börsenmaklers vor der Kamera bezüglich der eigenen dunklen Seiten. Beispielsweise hat letzterer unmissverständlich glaubhaft und vor allem nachvollziehbar(!) machen können, welche wahnsinnige Freude der Irakkrieg an der Börse hervorgerufen hat...
Rezension aus Deutschland vom 24. November 2015
Ausgehend von der Tatsache, dass Unternehmen als (juristische) Personen gelten, untersucht dieser Film ihre Persönlichkeitsmerkmale und kommt zu dem erschreckenden Schluss: Heutige Konzerne weisen sämtliche Merkmale klinischer Psychopathen auf.
Anhand zahlreicher Beispiele und Interviews mit Befürwortern wie Kritikern zeigt der Film das Handeln der Konzerne auf: die Steuerung der menschlichen Wahrnehmung, das Vordringen in öffentliche Räume, die massenhafte Patentierung von Genen oder die „Privatisierung“ – eigentlich Okkupierung – unseres Planeten einschließlich unserer existenziellen Lebensgrundlagen wie Wasser. Er zeigt aber auch Beispiele erfolgreichen Widerstands gegen Konzerne, etwa im „Wasserkrieg von Cochabamba“. Und er thematisiert die fatale Auswirkung einzelner Gerichtsurteile wie desjenigen, das Unternehmen den Status von Personen zuerkannte, und desjenigen, das erstmals die Patentierung von Erbgut erlaubte.
Für jeden, der sich Gedanken darüber macht, was in unserer heutigen Welt schiefläuft, ein absolutes Muss. Leider nur mit deutschen Untertiteln, aber trotzdem von mir fünf Sterne.
Anhand zahlreicher Beispiele und Interviews mit Befürwortern wie Kritikern zeigt der Film das Handeln der Konzerne auf: die Steuerung der menschlichen Wahrnehmung, das Vordringen in öffentliche Räume, die massenhafte Patentierung von Genen oder die „Privatisierung“ – eigentlich Okkupierung – unseres Planeten einschließlich unserer existenziellen Lebensgrundlagen wie Wasser. Er zeigt aber auch Beispiele erfolgreichen Widerstands gegen Konzerne, etwa im „Wasserkrieg von Cochabamba“. Und er thematisiert die fatale Auswirkung einzelner Gerichtsurteile wie desjenigen, das Unternehmen den Status von Personen zuerkannte, und desjenigen, das erstmals die Patentierung von Erbgut erlaubte.
Für jeden, der sich Gedanken darüber macht, was in unserer heutigen Welt schiefläuft, ein absolutes Muss. Leider nur mit deutschen Untertiteln, aber trotzdem von mir fünf Sterne.
Rezension aus Deutschland vom 21. Juli 2020
Very good Documental
Rezension aus Deutschland vom 9. August 2011
Dieser Streifen sollte - zumindest der erste Teil des Filmes mit der psychologischen Untersuchung von großen Kapitalgesellschaften und dem Hinzuziehen des DSM - zur Pflichtlektüre eines jeden Schülers werden, damit die wirtschaftlichen Grundverständnisse klar werden. Der zweite Teil der Doku wurde mir zu amerikanisch, die Inhalte waren zwar interessant aber irgendwie nicht mehr so packend informativ und knallhart wie der erste Teil.
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Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 7. Januar 2006
Lengthy, but still yet incomplete, The Corporation develops the psychopathic role of corporations in recent society like no other movie.
Our vigilant government duties, that which ensures a government by, of, and for the people can now be done without involving the people. We can call corporations people and real people can stay home and ruminate in thoughtlessness.
People have little voices that are lost in the atmosphere, so their message goes unheard, and their real wishes and intentions are substituted by a very few gruff corporate white men (aka elitists) who only see how easy life is for them. They imagine, with good intention, it is their role to help other people, so they design a system that takes working-class money and labor, and gives back to them but a small portion of what they had before - much of it as debt. They give it God's blessing and spend their time in celebration of their own righteousness - that they have given people the right to compete with the slaves of other nations which they call free trade. Nowhere to be found is there an indication of representation.
Although investors may hold substantial capital they are often deluded by the corporate executives. Yet, by law, corporations are obligated to the investors, to the point where consumers, labor, and the benefit of the community can be ignored. As suggested by Joel Bakan, as a person corporate behavior is psychopathic - that is, marked by mental disorder. Corporations maintain such power by producing powerful government lobbies and attorneys to represent them. And with this a government can become composed of individuals with close association to the corporations. Here, there is no secret.
The movie does not address the death of the Meritocracy, but I believe it is essential to consider how we define free trade in conjunction with the psychopathic corporation. As individuals we believe in Meritocracy - we believe that people work, and are rewarded for their efforts. In the western agrarian society, such as 18th century America, a person could cut logs to supply their home with energy. They could grow food, become bakers, blacksmiths, traders, and writers. They could then sell their wares. It was a day when ordinary clean homes lined ordinary streets, where people lived happily in community.
But, with corporations and NAFTA the situation slowly became complicated. Peddling wares meant competing to sell wares with larger companies that may not exist within the community, the state, or even within the nation. Today, one must peddle their wares in competition with corporations hiring people that have never known health, environmental, safety or labor standards. Of course, near slaves need not be paid much. There are no logs to be cut to provide energy for homes - these have been awarded to privitized corporations that hold nature's resources as their own right. The apparent reward for labor becomes increasingly smaller, more illusive, more tenuous and abstract. People are reminded that corporations have every right to seek anyone who will work for lower wages. Few people say they feel rewarded for their labor, or see relation between work and pay.
Instead people are paid for image, and personality. They are paid because they are family, relatives or friends with someone having the power to employ. Once employed people become numbers to investors that speculate in widespread layoffs. Once laid off, elderly or sick, people become liabilities and are seen as a plague to a corporation. Corporations want young go-getters that have not become accustomed to disillusionment. However, today young people experience the constant stream of deceit faster than they can learn their jobs, often find themselves owing more money for their education than what they can make in their field of work. Corporations prefer desperate workers willing to work for less. A desperate life situation becomes an integral requirement of a good job applicant.
While people must look good on the outside people hurt on the inside, and are crying.
Why is image so important? Because people have become obsessed - literally stupefied - over the appearance of the body - evidence the boom in cosmetic spending, the obsession over an American President caught in lust, the rush to nudity in entertainment. The result is stupefaction. Stupefaction is rapidly becoming one tool for corporations and government, because it distracts people from what is really going on - that is, the death of the Meritocracy. In its place is a system of methods allowing stupefaction, so that corporations can operate with full control - that is the Pornocracy.
The Corporation briefly addresses commercial advertising and media news (a rather weak link), which indoctrinates and permeates society with stupefaction. The root of the word stupid and stupendous comes from the Latin verb stupere. Stupendous means amazing or astonishing. Corporations are obviously trying to stupefy us with amazing products.
Another convenient tool that the movie missed is petrifaction. Conveniently, politicians use fear as a tool so that voters will observe fears over a stumbling economy and terrorism. Our leaders find these fears translate into votes, so they pass out messages such as "your nation may be attacked" during Presidential campaigns in effort to acquire votes.
Stupefaction and petrifaction are alike in that each makes thought seem unnecessary. People can spend without thought, make important life decisions without thought, vote without thought... lives go by wholly without thought. Thoughtlessness is never a positive outcome for a society.
While there is much more going on than the results of some court decisions made years ago as it seems to imply, the movie does bravely venture into new territory, thus five stars.
Our vigilant government duties, that which ensures a government by, of, and for the people can now be done without involving the people. We can call corporations people and real people can stay home and ruminate in thoughtlessness.
People have little voices that are lost in the atmosphere, so their message goes unheard, and their real wishes and intentions are substituted by a very few gruff corporate white men (aka elitists) who only see how easy life is for them. They imagine, with good intention, it is their role to help other people, so they design a system that takes working-class money and labor, and gives back to them but a small portion of what they had before - much of it as debt. They give it God's blessing and spend their time in celebration of their own righteousness - that they have given people the right to compete with the slaves of other nations which they call free trade. Nowhere to be found is there an indication of representation.
Although investors may hold substantial capital they are often deluded by the corporate executives. Yet, by law, corporations are obligated to the investors, to the point where consumers, labor, and the benefit of the community can be ignored. As suggested by Joel Bakan, as a person corporate behavior is psychopathic - that is, marked by mental disorder. Corporations maintain such power by producing powerful government lobbies and attorneys to represent them. And with this a government can become composed of individuals with close association to the corporations. Here, there is no secret.
The movie does not address the death of the Meritocracy, but I believe it is essential to consider how we define free trade in conjunction with the psychopathic corporation. As individuals we believe in Meritocracy - we believe that people work, and are rewarded for their efforts. In the western agrarian society, such as 18th century America, a person could cut logs to supply their home with energy. They could grow food, become bakers, blacksmiths, traders, and writers. They could then sell their wares. It was a day when ordinary clean homes lined ordinary streets, where people lived happily in community.
But, with corporations and NAFTA the situation slowly became complicated. Peddling wares meant competing to sell wares with larger companies that may not exist within the community, the state, or even within the nation. Today, one must peddle their wares in competition with corporations hiring people that have never known health, environmental, safety or labor standards. Of course, near slaves need not be paid much. There are no logs to be cut to provide energy for homes - these have been awarded to privitized corporations that hold nature's resources as their own right. The apparent reward for labor becomes increasingly smaller, more illusive, more tenuous and abstract. People are reminded that corporations have every right to seek anyone who will work for lower wages. Few people say they feel rewarded for their labor, or see relation between work and pay.
Instead people are paid for image, and personality. They are paid because they are family, relatives or friends with someone having the power to employ. Once employed people become numbers to investors that speculate in widespread layoffs. Once laid off, elderly or sick, people become liabilities and are seen as a plague to a corporation. Corporations want young go-getters that have not become accustomed to disillusionment. However, today young people experience the constant stream of deceit faster than they can learn their jobs, often find themselves owing more money for their education than what they can make in their field of work. Corporations prefer desperate workers willing to work for less. A desperate life situation becomes an integral requirement of a good job applicant.
While people must look good on the outside people hurt on the inside, and are crying.
Why is image so important? Because people have become obsessed - literally stupefied - over the appearance of the body - evidence the boom in cosmetic spending, the obsession over an American President caught in lust, the rush to nudity in entertainment. The result is stupefaction. Stupefaction is rapidly becoming one tool for corporations and government, because it distracts people from what is really going on - that is, the death of the Meritocracy. In its place is a system of methods allowing stupefaction, so that corporations can operate with full control - that is the Pornocracy.
The Corporation briefly addresses commercial advertising and media news (a rather weak link), which indoctrinates and permeates society with stupefaction. The root of the word stupid and stupendous comes from the Latin verb stupere. Stupendous means amazing or astonishing. Corporations are obviously trying to stupefy us with amazing products.
Another convenient tool that the movie missed is petrifaction. Conveniently, politicians use fear as a tool so that voters will observe fears over a stumbling economy and terrorism. Our leaders find these fears translate into votes, so they pass out messages such as "your nation may be attacked" during Presidential campaigns in effort to acquire votes.
Stupefaction and petrifaction are alike in that each makes thought seem unnecessary. People can spend without thought, make important life decisions without thought, vote without thought... lives go by wholly without thought. Thoughtlessness is never a positive outcome for a society.
While there is much more going on than the results of some court decisions made years ago as it seems to imply, the movie does bravely venture into new territory, thus five stars.
Spunk Monkey
5,0 von 5 Sternen
A surgical strike against pervasive ideological hegemony
Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 8. April 2005
This film is a masterpiece, and my only criticism being I wished it could have been longer. However, the film has a purpose and it serves that purpose well- it is an attempt to shatter the hypnotic daydream we all live within (maintained by trhe ideological state apparatuse, repressive state apparatuse, and our media cocoon) and expose us to a devastating critique of our current socioeconomic situation and its suicidal tendencies.
It is meant to show to others, to entertain and inform, to help raise consciousness and change paradigm. Oh, and did I mention it is a gorgeously edited and conceived work of art with a chilling central thesis that any fair minded viewer will have to confront (the corporation is psychopathic- in the clinical sense that its actions conform with the diagnostic criteria).
So, in its intent and construction and execution, it is brilliant- the type of film I would sacrifice 100,000 typical films if only we could encounter its type more often. I dream of seeming and sharing this type of film and in this instance, my dream has manifested.
It is meant to share, and for that reason, it has to be short, if one can conceive of 2 hours and 25 minutes as short. I can only imagine the 35 hour rough cut that Director/Editor Jennifer Abbott alluded to- if only this were a mini series, and each box passed by (factory farming, toxic waste, etc) could have been explored more fully. However, as the directors say in the commentary, their film encompassed the world, and their task was monumental and they should be extremely pleased with their creations.
The filmakers include interviews with the likes of Noam Chomsky, Niaomi Klein, Michael Moore, Howard Zinn, Milton Freidman as well as CEOs, corporation shills, corporate spys, right wingers and privatizers, as well as third world activists from India and Boliva, as well as industry insiders along the lines of covert advertising experts and commerical psychologists. I have to give a shout out to Noam Chomsky who is so clear and decisive in his exposition, so percise in his moral positions and informed in his knowledge, I likewise command that those of you reading this purchase Mark Achbar's likewise brilliant, informative, moving, inspiring, visually dynamic, paradigm flipping masterpiece of a documentary Manufacturing Consent- Noam Chomsky and the Media.
The extras on this 2 disk set were obviously put there with much thought and care. 2 highly recommended commentary tracks, one in particular by writer and cocreator and author of the book Joel Bakan which is so engaging and informative it is an education in and of itself, and it is very moving to hear someone speak who is so passionate about his topic, at the same time so knowledgable, I can only envy those lucky enough to take some of his courses.
There is also a mammoth section (five hours worth) which includes many additional interviews with everyone (40 persons) whom were in the film.
This is a muscular, dynamic, lovingly and carefully crafted work of art made by persons whom are passionate about this topic, passionate about social change and ending what one interviewer calls "intergenerational terrorism," not to mention what I call interspecies terrorism.
The most important function of the film is that it helps the viewer create a "cognitive map" of our current place in history, and it helps to place this stage within a larger framework of historical change. This helps create the understanding that contemporary economic reality is not monolithic, not inevitable, and not beyond transformation. It was created and it can be changed. It helps the viewer locate the driving motors within society which create our situation as we currently know it, to comprehend how things are and why they are the way they are. If one learns where we came from, and where we are, then perhaps we can use this information to understand the potential futures that are possible. Without this map, one is a feather in the wind, blown about without any understanding of what is forcing this change- and just like wind, capitalism is invisible to most people, it simply is and there is no-way to conceive beyond it. If we fail to understand history, we will almost assuredly be utterly anihilated.
The time has come to step up, so buy the dvd, buy 2 or 3, share them with friends and enemies, watch it again, and then change the world.
It is meant to show to others, to entertain and inform, to help raise consciousness and change paradigm. Oh, and did I mention it is a gorgeously edited and conceived work of art with a chilling central thesis that any fair minded viewer will have to confront (the corporation is psychopathic- in the clinical sense that its actions conform with the diagnostic criteria).
So, in its intent and construction and execution, it is brilliant- the type of film I would sacrifice 100,000 typical films if only we could encounter its type more often. I dream of seeming and sharing this type of film and in this instance, my dream has manifested.
It is meant to share, and for that reason, it has to be short, if one can conceive of 2 hours and 25 minutes as short. I can only imagine the 35 hour rough cut that Director/Editor Jennifer Abbott alluded to- if only this were a mini series, and each box passed by (factory farming, toxic waste, etc) could have been explored more fully. However, as the directors say in the commentary, their film encompassed the world, and their task was monumental and they should be extremely pleased with their creations.
The filmakers include interviews with the likes of Noam Chomsky, Niaomi Klein, Michael Moore, Howard Zinn, Milton Freidman as well as CEOs, corporation shills, corporate spys, right wingers and privatizers, as well as third world activists from India and Boliva, as well as industry insiders along the lines of covert advertising experts and commerical psychologists. I have to give a shout out to Noam Chomsky who is so clear and decisive in his exposition, so percise in his moral positions and informed in his knowledge, I likewise command that those of you reading this purchase Mark Achbar's likewise brilliant, informative, moving, inspiring, visually dynamic, paradigm flipping masterpiece of a documentary Manufacturing Consent- Noam Chomsky and the Media.
The extras on this 2 disk set were obviously put there with much thought and care. 2 highly recommended commentary tracks, one in particular by writer and cocreator and author of the book Joel Bakan which is so engaging and informative it is an education in and of itself, and it is very moving to hear someone speak who is so passionate about his topic, at the same time so knowledgable, I can only envy those lucky enough to take some of his courses.
There is also a mammoth section (five hours worth) which includes many additional interviews with everyone (40 persons) whom were in the film.
This is a muscular, dynamic, lovingly and carefully crafted work of art made by persons whom are passionate about this topic, passionate about social change and ending what one interviewer calls "intergenerational terrorism," not to mention what I call interspecies terrorism.
The most important function of the film is that it helps the viewer create a "cognitive map" of our current place in history, and it helps to place this stage within a larger framework of historical change. This helps create the understanding that contemporary economic reality is not monolithic, not inevitable, and not beyond transformation. It was created and it can be changed. It helps the viewer locate the driving motors within society which create our situation as we currently know it, to comprehend how things are and why they are the way they are. If one learns where we came from, and where we are, then perhaps we can use this information to understand the potential futures that are possible. Without this map, one is a feather in the wind, blown about without any understanding of what is forcing this change- and just like wind, capitalism is invisible to most people, it simply is and there is no-way to conceive beyond it. If we fail to understand history, we will almost assuredly be utterly anihilated.
The time has come to step up, so buy the dvd, buy 2 or 3, share them with friends and enemies, watch it again, and then change the world.
Maarten de Vries
4,0 von 5 Sternen
depressing, but brilliant
Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 13. November 2011
This documentary is about the incredible power of the big corporations and how they abuse it. I learnt many things from it, starting with how they were able to accumulate this power in the first place. It was when, in America, they assumed and were granted the same legal status as a person, allowing them to buy and sell property, sue others etc. In doing this, corporations started to lead their own lives, just like a real person, but without a conscience. As a result, you can actually compare a corporation to a person, but it wouldn't be a very nice one. In fact, according to this documentary, it would be a psycopath, and they have plenty of examples to prove it!
So what is to be done about it? The film doesn't prescribe a particular solution, but it shows some examples of success stories of the people vs the corporation. In Bolivia (?), protesters stopped a big corporation from privatising the water supply and even making it illegal to collect rainwater without paying for it! Then there are some American states and towns, who revoked some of the rights of corporations to act as a person, effectively reversing the decision that got us into this mess in the first place. I'm not sure that would be easy on a national scale, letalone a global one, but it shows that we can use the law to shift atleast some of the power from the corporations back to the governments, who (hopefully) represent the people.
But, unlikely as it seems, some of the change will have to come from within the corporations themselves. They need to embrace sustainability, corporate social responsibility etc, rather than just paying lip service to it. The film includes an inspirational example, in the form of Ray Anderson, the CEO of the World's largest carpet maker, Interface, who sadly passed away recently. It's not so much what he said, because a lot of that is well known, but it's the way he said it. It made such an impression on me that I actually wrote it down...
Ray anderson, CEO Interface, addressing civic and business leaders, North Carolina State University: "Do I know you well enough to call you fellow plunderers? There is not an industrial company on Earth or an institution of any kind, not mine, not yours, not anyone's, that is sustainable. I stand convicted by me myself alone, not by anyone else, as a plunderer of the Earth, but not by our civilization's definition. By our civilization's definition, I'm a captain of industry, in the eyes of many a kind of modern day hero, but really, really, the first industrial revolution is flawed, it is not working, it is is unsustainable, it is the mistake, and we must move on to another and better industrial revolution and get it right this time."
Later he writes: "When I think of what could be, I visualize an organization of people, commited to a purpose, and the purpose is doing no harm. I see a company that has severed the umbilical chord to earth for its raw materials, taking raw materials that have already been extracted and using them over and over again, driving the process with renewable energy. It is our plan, it remains our plan, to climb Mount Sustainability. That mountain is higher than Everest, infinitely higher than Everest, far more difficult to scale, the point at the top symbolizing zero footprint."
The documentary states that "Since 1995, Interface has reduced its ecological footprint by one third. Its stated goal is to be sustainable by 2020." If you look on their website ([...]) today, you'll see that they are still on track to accomplish "Mission Zero" in Ray's name, even though he is no longer there to guide them. I hope they succeed, and I hope many others will follow.
So what is to be done about it? The film doesn't prescribe a particular solution, but it shows some examples of success stories of the people vs the corporation. In Bolivia (?), protesters stopped a big corporation from privatising the water supply and even making it illegal to collect rainwater without paying for it! Then there are some American states and towns, who revoked some of the rights of corporations to act as a person, effectively reversing the decision that got us into this mess in the first place. I'm not sure that would be easy on a national scale, letalone a global one, but it shows that we can use the law to shift atleast some of the power from the corporations back to the governments, who (hopefully) represent the people.
But, unlikely as it seems, some of the change will have to come from within the corporations themselves. They need to embrace sustainability, corporate social responsibility etc, rather than just paying lip service to it. The film includes an inspirational example, in the form of Ray Anderson, the CEO of the World's largest carpet maker, Interface, who sadly passed away recently. It's not so much what he said, because a lot of that is well known, but it's the way he said it. It made such an impression on me that I actually wrote it down...
Ray anderson, CEO Interface, addressing civic and business leaders, North Carolina State University: "Do I know you well enough to call you fellow plunderers? There is not an industrial company on Earth or an institution of any kind, not mine, not yours, not anyone's, that is sustainable. I stand convicted by me myself alone, not by anyone else, as a plunderer of the Earth, but not by our civilization's definition. By our civilization's definition, I'm a captain of industry, in the eyes of many a kind of modern day hero, but really, really, the first industrial revolution is flawed, it is not working, it is is unsustainable, it is the mistake, and we must move on to another and better industrial revolution and get it right this time."
Later he writes: "When I think of what could be, I visualize an organization of people, commited to a purpose, and the purpose is doing no harm. I see a company that has severed the umbilical chord to earth for its raw materials, taking raw materials that have already been extracted and using them over and over again, driving the process with renewable energy. It is our plan, it remains our plan, to climb Mount Sustainability. That mountain is higher than Everest, infinitely higher than Everest, far more difficult to scale, the point at the top symbolizing zero footprint."
The documentary states that "Since 1995, Interface has reduced its ecological footprint by one third. Its stated goal is to be sustainable by 2020." If you look on their website ([...]) today, you'll see that they are still on track to accomplish "Mission Zero" in Ray's name, even though he is no longer there to guide them. I hope they succeed, and I hope many others will follow.
filthmonkey
5,0 von 5 Sternen
Excellent, informative documentary on corporate control.
Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 13. März 2005
This is a documentary describing the origin, history, motivation and some inner machinations of "the corporation", that profiteering, money hungry and powerful institution that has been permitted to pervade so many aspects of life for rich and poor alike. The psychology of the corporation is explored, comparing the pathological pursuit of profit to clinically pathological individuals. This is a fair comparison because in the US large corporations derive many of their rights from legislature permitting them to act as "individuals". The documentary is also packed with interviews with prominent campaigners trying to raise awareness of the way that corporations function, their negative influences (sweatshop labour, agressive marketing aimed at children, pollution and sustainability, etc). Amongst these are Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein and Michael Moore, Elaine Bernard (although the documentary doesn't revolve around them). Case studies in the documentary involve the actions of IBM during the holocaust of WWII, Pfizer's privatization of security in small town America, Monsanto's RBGH (bovine growth hormone) scandal in US milk products as well as the attrocities arising from their product Agent Orange being sprayed in Vietnam, Shell's exploitation of the Niger delta, and FOX's attempted cover up of the truth over Monsanto's RBGH scandal.
It is worth noting that this is far from a documentary only focusing on the negative aspects of corporate control. A significant portion of the film is dedicated to bringing success stories from around the world of people reclaiming natural resources, spreading awareness, and pushing back the all-dominating corporation towards responsibility. Some of the stories, such as the struggle of the people of Cochabamba, Bolivia against the Bechtel Corporation of San Francisco (who sought to privatize and thereby control the public water supply) are inspirational. There is also an interview with Ray Anderson, CEO of the largest manufacturer of carpets in the world, and his vision for a more sustainable manufacturing industry, inspired by his realisation that a company exploiting the environment merely to make profit is nothing but a "plunderer".
The documentary discusses and reinforces many of the concerns that are becoming more prominent in the public eye. And although the well evidenced indictments about the horrible reality of the control and power that large corporations have leave one resigned, the last section of the documentary offers much support and encouragement. It stresses the possibility that democracy and freedom for people is a viable alternative, if people get up and do something about it.
The box actually contains two DVD discs, one with the main feature and some additional bonus material and interviews, and the other disc which contains ample information regarding how the issues raised can be addressed, where to go, who to contact and how to start going about dismantling the corporate dictatorship that we find ourselves in the midst of.
This is an extremely enlightening documentary and I would readily recommend it to one and all. It is very difficult, I think, for anyone not to learn something from it.
It is worth noting that this is far from a documentary only focusing on the negative aspects of corporate control. A significant portion of the film is dedicated to bringing success stories from around the world of people reclaiming natural resources, spreading awareness, and pushing back the all-dominating corporation towards responsibility. Some of the stories, such as the struggle of the people of Cochabamba, Bolivia against the Bechtel Corporation of San Francisco (who sought to privatize and thereby control the public water supply) are inspirational. There is also an interview with Ray Anderson, CEO of the largest manufacturer of carpets in the world, and his vision for a more sustainable manufacturing industry, inspired by his realisation that a company exploiting the environment merely to make profit is nothing but a "plunderer".
The documentary discusses and reinforces many of the concerns that are becoming more prominent in the public eye. And although the well evidenced indictments about the horrible reality of the control and power that large corporations have leave one resigned, the last section of the documentary offers much support and encouragement. It stresses the possibility that democracy and freedom for people is a viable alternative, if people get up and do something about it.
The box actually contains two DVD discs, one with the main feature and some additional bonus material and interviews, and the other disc which contains ample information regarding how the issues raised can be addressed, where to go, who to contact and how to start going about dismantling the corporate dictatorship that we find ourselves in the midst of.
This is an extremely enlightening documentary and I would readily recommend it to one and all. It is very difficult, I think, for anyone not to learn something from it.
Guy Denutte
5,0 von 5 Sternen
Today's dominant institution
Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 13. Februar 2009
The Corporation is today's dominant institution. This awkward entity is considered a "person" by law, but has all the characteristics of a psychopath when examined closely : it shows no emotions nor feelings, has no conscience, is incapable of experiencing guilt, and its sole purpose it is to make profits, no matter how.
Therefore corporations are very fond of fascist regimes, such as Nazi Germany, where IBM offered support with their machines counting the deaths in the concentration camps. Corporations themselves sometimes behave as mass murderers, like the asbestos companies. They sometimes hire murderers, like Chiquita did in Colombia, to kill syndical leaders. Corporations deplete our natural resources, like Big Oil does. Corporations pollute our environment and our food with artificial chemicals, causing a cancer epidemic, affecting nowadays 44 % of the men and 38 % of the women, following Dr. Samuel Epstein.
Corporations are so powerful that they are never prosecuted. If necessary, they change the legislation to suit their interests. They even succeeded patenting things that were impossible to patent - life itself, as Jeremy Rifkin explains.
Corporations got so powerful they determine how governments should behave, even if they go broke. Then the government must help them, socializing the losses to the people in general.
Corporations always want to make more and more money. They see "business opportunities" in every imaginable service to the people. Noam Chomsky gives his point of view on the privatizations we suffered in the last decades : "Privatization does not mean you take a public institution and give it to some nice person; it means you take a public institution and give it to an unaccountable tyranny". In this movie the example is showed of the privatization of Cochabamba public water in Bolivia, but you can also consider what Enron did in California, what the "health companies" did with health care in the US (look at Sicko by Michael Moore), what the pension funds are doing with our expected retirement money, etc.
Michael Moore sometimes wonders why companies finance his films, but then he considers that when he succeeds making money for the big media companies, they're fine with whatever he says. Corporations think people are too numb to do something. Moore hopes however that people will stand up from the couch, and do something. Will you ?
Therefore corporations are very fond of fascist regimes, such as Nazi Germany, where IBM offered support with their machines counting the deaths in the concentration camps. Corporations themselves sometimes behave as mass murderers, like the asbestos companies. They sometimes hire murderers, like Chiquita did in Colombia, to kill syndical leaders. Corporations deplete our natural resources, like Big Oil does. Corporations pollute our environment and our food with artificial chemicals, causing a cancer epidemic, affecting nowadays 44 % of the men and 38 % of the women, following Dr. Samuel Epstein.
Corporations are so powerful that they are never prosecuted. If necessary, they change the legislation to suit their interests. They even succeeded patenting things that were impossible to patent - life itself, as Jeremy Rifkin explains.
Corporations got so powerful they determine how governments should behave, even if they go broke. Then the government must help them, socializing the losses to the people in general.
Corporations always want to make more and more money. They see "business opportunities" in every imaginable service to the people. Noam Chomsky gives his point of view on the privatizations we suffered in the last decades : "Privatization does not mean you take a public institution and give it to some nice person; it means you take a public institution and give it to an unaccountable tyranny". In this movie the example is showed of the privatization of Cochabamba public water in Bolivia, but you can also consider what Enron did in California, what the "health companies" did with health care in the US (look at Sicko by Michael Moore), what the pension funds are doing with our expected retirement money, etc.
Michael Moore sometimes wonders why companies finance his films, but then he considers that when he succeeds making money for the big media companies, they're fine with whatever he says. Corporations think people are too numb to do something. Moore hopes however that people will stand up from the couch, and do something. Will you ?
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