THE CORPORATION [21/23] Democracy Ltd.

21. A coup is no longer necessary for the corporation to dominate governments. Capitalism's protagonists and players are the new high priests of our day. Industry and government have become intertwined to the extent that it's hard to tell when one ends and the other begins. But citizens are resisting and protesting their dissent to the centralization of power in corporate hands. The corporation has responded by enacting programs of corporate social responsibility. Are they just a tactic responding to market pressure?

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[trgContact]

poor makers of "the corporation" only made $26,000,000 from cinema releases in 2004. If only I had a $1 for everytime I hear someone cry poor.

[machbar]

@trgContact I wish! Where'd you get that number???

[trgContact]

@machbar imdb

[machbar]

@trgContact

IMDB says: "Opening Weekend: $28,671 (USA) (6 June 2004) (2 Screens)

Gross: $1,879,301 (USA) (14 November 2004)"

If you click on "more" you see the weekly total gross. That is, however much it made each week is added in, and the total is displayed. The total gets bigger each week, ending at $1,879,301.

From that, subtract: the theaters take (60%), the distributor's take (50% of what's left, + cost of prints & advertising), with what's left you pay back investors etc. etc.

[kiasmus]

Minute 2:45. Thomas d'Aquino (!) and Pierre Pettigrew (!!) talking about truth, justice wisdom and -wonderful addenda- "all those things". Is that real, or are we in a Monty Python sketch and John Cleese is about to appear doing silly walks? I mean, look at those faces, the obscene self-satisfaction they all exude. Pure, disgusting cinicism.

[damnbacon88]

...I'm buying a gun.

[XxXVideoVeiwerXxX]

CEO's are the high priests, The private banks that control the FED (rockefeller, rothchild, others) are GOD LOLOLOL

[stephenrblv]

@LilyAnorah Capital and money moves at the speed of a mouse click. Sovereignty is void, Governments are impotent, and the individuals are rendered slaves. But do keep sucking the corporate kool-aid if you must Lily.

[stephenrblv]

@TheSamuraiGoomba These creeps want nothing more than to kill and destroy. All that creates opportunities to make a buck, or euro, yen whatever. Look at Iraq. That is a pretty good template to what they desire.

[stephenrblv]

I love the way these people always claim they serve their shareholders etc. Dude the SH are you guys. Less than 10% of stock is owned by individuals. Even then those are traders having no vested interest in any of it beyond making a quick buck. What a load this whole stock deal is. We are way past it being about raising capital.

[TheSamuraiGoomba]

Man, these industry types even look like movie villains. I guess it takes a lot of cognitive dissonance and narcissism to look at what a mega-national corporation like Monsanto does and think that's good work.

[charredpalace]

In my opinion, we should limit but not totally cutting off. Admit it or not, we need their product or services in order for us to live in convenience.