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ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room
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Review Date: 2008-06-21
Category: Documentary
Alex Gibney
Year: 2005
Running Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
People who naively believe in "Capitalism" should watch that movie. The Enron story is an extreme example of corporate capitalism. The only "value" driving corporations is money. And this is a feature, not a bug.
Have you noticed how lies nowadays are often considered just a difference of opinion? Corporations and politicians lie with straight faces. They do it every day. No remorse.
Most people will do cruel things to other humans, if someone with authority asks them to. This is a very sad side of human nature. It is built into us to allow us to compete with other groups. As long as we will identify ourselves with one group, be it an inner circle of top managers, a company, a church, a nation, or even a union of nations, we will do cruel things to people outside "our" group.