Going Places (1948)

Cold War cartoon defending the profit motive against anti-capitalist critics.

The second of seven smart-looking animated shorts in the "fun and facts about American business" series. Its subject is "the profit motive," and it stars "Freddie Fudsie," a lazy soap maker who just wants to go fishing. He invents bar soap, makes some money, and is about to retire in peace and quiet when a sexy lady (the Profit Motive) walks by and Freddie -- who suddenly needs more money to win her affection -- never sees a fishing hole again. But that's okay, because "the profit motive has been the driving force behind the growth of American industry" and "will make a better life for the children of tomorrow." Oh, really? Watch for the cameo by "Joe," who later starred in Why Play Leap Frog? and Meet King Joe. The films in this series were made possible by a $597,870 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• capitalism
• propaganda
• social
• guidence
• trade
• labor
• cartoon

[XanyaV]

Corporate profits don't go to better working conditions, higher wages, and better health insurance unless collectively bargained for! The profits go straight to the CEOs. The only thing keeping up decent working conditions are government regulations. People have to pay substantial student loans back if they want a job that pays better than minimum wage and generally live paycheck to paycheck. In the end, our government is owned by the corporate elite who bust unions and ship jobs over seas.

[Nonamearisto]

Also, in the case of collusion, it isn't always easy for a new competitor to enter the market, even if he has a better product. The large firms can out-advertise and simply buy-out the smaller competition. That's why the judicial system was shown in this film, and why we have a federal trade commission; we are a mixed system with SOME elements of state regulation, although very little as to exactly what is produced and in what quantity, as well as who owns what.

[Nonamearisto]

Freddie found himself a filthy GOLD DIGGER... lol.