Milton Friedman Choir - The Corporation

The Milton Friedman Choir singing about Friedman's definiton of a corporation. This clip can be found in the DVD special features section of The Corporation.

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[spamdude1]

Some of the lyrics sound like they are doing a parody of Friedman

[paulstroie]

@mesafish Why do get the idea that people who are so smart that can earn billions , suddenly feel powerless in the face of the state, just because a lot of nobodies riot in the streets and vote at the ballot box. Do you really think they get so scared so easily ? Do you think if you just bring socialism than people who posses so much power will just say : "thine, give my money to the poor" ???

[redmercer]

@ooftyman Big L, little L, they can all go to L for all I care

[Ooftyman]

@redmercer You're kidding, right? Friedman was a small-L libertarian. This is as libertarian an idea as it gets...

[redmercer]

42 butthurt Libertarians watched this

[QHJFRD]

@paulstroie The state has bigger guns than they, silly.

[2000deg]

True, corporations have no moral duties, but their shareholders do.

[123arry321]

is this a joke?

[juicyappleish]

I like Friedman but this is kinda creepy, really.

[nicazzo]

@mesafish well but I mean, it is laziness. If you really have looked at the facts you should have come to the same conclusion as many of us former socialists. Unless of course there was not enough intellectual rigor in your investigation. I even wonder in your ability to research, and to look at empirical evidence, not just sugar coated arguments.

[rolfalmao]

@wbaker82 corporations are irresponsible? hardly. corporations have a legal duty to work in the interest of the shareholder. that is hardly an existence without responsibility. and amoral is not the same as immoral. corporation is simply a group of individuals, why should they be forced to represent anyone's interest but their own? corporations refrain from being too greedy for the same reasons individuals do, it makes us look bad and goes against our self interest. free market dictates best.

[wbaker82]

Wonderful. Yes, "let's privatize everything" really flows perfectly from "corporations are irresponsible and amoral." The wisdom of the free market is yet again revealed.