The Corporation, part II

Today we get to see the rest of the movie.

Public versus Private- which do we want to have. Hard to say but the idea of everything going Private really bothers me to some extent. Maybe it is the Native American thought that we can't own the Earth that drives my feelings.
The Nagging factor, figures they would do a study about how much a child nags their parents. Leave it to big business to utilize the nagging factor of children to influence the parents to buy certain products. Oh the joys of advertising to children and not the parent. Devilishly fun... Not.
Controlling the views of marketing in the American society is something that I think most Americans have no idea of what is being done to them. The control issue of what a consumer buys etc is such a large area. Also, the idea of controlling the view of the actual corporations is another huge area of marketing. This area of marketing starts to go beyond the bounds of certainly ethics I think. Trying to generate the right perceptions about a company when the said company is doing things that it really shouldn't be doing or that it is hiding the results about what it has done.
Ahh... The power of Phizer doing great things for the community. Interesting how they can spend a small amount on the subway project and create such a huge acceptance of what they do. The money spent is such a small portion of what they make that to them it makes for a great investment in public relations.
Branding for the interest of the public acceptance as the brand of choice. Undercover advertising is an interesting topic. Something that takes place everyday without most people know what is happening.
Patenting a live creature. Makes for some weird sci-fi moments in real life. Not something that I want to see in the near future.
Monsanto growth hormone is a very scary issue about treating food stocks for human consumption. It to me goes past how fast aspartame was approved for human consumption. Just over all a very scary issue.
Owning all water even if it falls from the sky, another very scary issue. It makes me wonder how a company can think that they can own the weather.
I hadn't heard about the Fanta Orange story. Makes for another interesting product development just to continue to draw profits even when it is not politically correct. Also the IBM connection to WWII for the Nazi and the printing of the punch cards. Also plays into how President Bush’s family had money invested in the Nazi system.
Who really controls the world? Corporations seem to be the ones in control. We can see it in our own government and how the current President supports big business.

We should be viewing the last part of the movie next time in class.