The Corporation:
Should the opportunity arise, don’t deny yourself a viewing of The Corporation. The documentary outlines the deplorable nature of corporate business practices, today and over the past 150 years. Issues addressed include the exploitation of workers in developing countries, environmental degradation, products and their consumer health risks, the erosion of human rights, and unsustainability.
Fortunately, The Corportation doesn’t suffer from the overpowering bias that typically plagues ‘tree-hugger’ type presentations. At 165 minutes, it is a bit long-winded though. Whilst one may be aware of some of the issues raised, in addition to presenting new and interesting material the documentary emphasises how our baisc rights, together with the earth itself, are being sold off to big business. Why not reasses the legal construct of today’s corporations and start limiting their powers(?), it asks.
Be warned, watching this production is likely to put you off American-produced milk-based foodstuff (milk, cheese, yogurt, pasta, chocolate… all of it!). I never knew. Thank you Canada for banning the use milk-producing hormones (rBGH), and sparing me the added cancer risks.
One more thing, watching this film I could not help but shake the idea that cyber-terrorism (for want of a better descriptor), will become all the more pervasive. Increasingly, the only way for the little guys (the public at large) to exert influence on public policy and achieve social justice — in the age of omnipotent corporate lawyers, their brand of legal terrorism, and special interest lobbying — is through the powers of cyberspace vigilantism.
