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Big Fat Freddy (view)

Yes!  I own a copy of it and even mentioned it a while back.  Wasn't it interesting how the emancipation of the slaves brought more court cases on behalf of corporations than blacks?  The key point settled back then was that a corporation deserved the same rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness as a person, in effect settling that a corporation was a "person" for legal purposes.  Except that it has no social or moral conscience and it's only duty, in fact, its legal duty, is to advance the interests of the shareholders.

That in a nutshell is where we are today in the new "global information economy."  And the White House is appearing more and more like agents of the corporations and their shareholders.  Move jobs overseas if it benefits shareholders, that's okay.  Invade our civil rights to privacy if it makes them happy - hell, they want to know all there is to be known about us since we are at once potential customers or potential or existing employees, what have you. 

It's a scary but true look at how the world operates today - we the people are becoming irrelevant in the process.  Our elected leaders are not looking out only for us but for their masters, the corporate interests, and one only has to look at why we went to war with Iraq to see this in action. 

I would recommend this documentary to anyone - watch it on Sundance, rent it at your local video store, buy it on Amazon, whatever, but do watch it. 

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