After we released our latest film, The Story of Change, I heard from some in the Story of Stuff community who questioned my endorsement of voting as “something we all just gotta do.” They felt that their one vote doesn’t make a difference or they were uninspired to vote for “the least bad” option within two increasingly similar parties.
Here’s the deal: Voting is important, really important. It is something we all just gotta do….
If you think corporations have too much power in our democracy (or yours), we need you to keep reading….
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For me, watching The Story of Citizens United brings to life a powerful metaphor of today’s corporation, a legal creation which appears as a robot with people inside of it. In the movie, the robot is programmed to eject the CEO who puts values such as human rights, justice and the environment on par with the pursuit of profit. Certain types of corporation managers can be sued by their shareholders for prioritizing any other value besides profit. While the legal structure of many corporations fits this model, happily there are businesses who are working successfully to change the law and build a greener and more just economy.
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posted by After each of our films, some people have asked the Story of Stuff team if we’re against all business. Of course not! We’re against businesses that prioritize only short term profit at the expense of community and environmental well being. We’re upset with businesses that are flooding elections with corporate campaigns to influence election outcomes to favor their narrow interests. And we think corporations which are aggressively marketing junk food to kids are disgusting…..
posted by If you haven’t seen our latest movie, The Story of Citizens United v. FEC, we highly recommend that you do now! If you have watched the movie, you likely already know that it’s time to roll up our sleeves, get to work and get others to do so, as well. One first step that we can take in reclaiming our democracy is signing the petition for a constitutional amendment to overturn this disaster of a Supreme Court ruling….
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2. Bring a 6-inch stack of photos from your just-completed family vacation.
3. Talk about excessive corporate influence in American democracy…..
posted by Last Tuesday, we released a new movie – The Story of Citizens United v. FEC — a look at the crisis of corporate influence in American democracy….
posted by On Tuesday, March 1st, the Story of Stuff Project took out a full-page ad in the Wisconsin State Journal with the banner headline: “Governor, Mr. Koch is holding for you on Line 3.”
The ad includes a graphic still from our new movie – The Story of Citizens United v FEC — as well as the URL for the movie site: www.storyofcitizensunited.org….
posted by Two weeks from today, we’ll be releasing our first movie of 2011-The Story of Citizens United v. FEC: Why Democracy Only Works When People are in Charge.
Here’s a sneak peek….
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