The Corporation (2003) movie

I recently found out that old but interesting documentary has been released on a 'free' shareware basis


http://www.archive.org/details/The_Corporation_

The Corporation is not an even-handed documentary.  It basically lays the claim that the corporate entity, which carries many of the legal rights of a person, has the personality of a psychopath/sociopath. 

The basis of this claim is basically two-fold:

1. The legal definition of a corporation essentially requires it to maximize its growth, its profits, as its primary responsibility to its owners. 
2. Corporations essentially trade on dumping externalizations onto others, i.e. tragedy of the commons. 

I don't really agree that corporations are inherently evil, anymore than someone might argue that civil government is inherently evil. Both are organizational constructs that are governed by the laws of the land, and the morals of the people that serve in them.  Both can do truly atrocious things, or they can be very beneficial to society as a whole. 

I think this documentary is actually pretty topical right now with the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement on the left, and the 'Tea Party' on the right-side of the political spectrum.  Both groups object basically to the concentration of power in the hands of unaccountable individuals and institutions. I reference this post on the similarities between the two movements, be sure to check out the Venn diagram:

http://howconservativesdrovemeaway.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-vs-tea-party.html

 Large corporations lobby for the government to have more power, and in return the government enacts laws and regulations favourable to large corporations. 

Corporatism isn't capitalism.