Nguyen State of Play

Corporations that act as an individual are able to ignore restrictions that would normally be placed on a business to ensure the safety of its workers and the interest of other businesses. Many corporations, that gain the status of an individual, promote and sponsor government officials that are favorable towards them. Corporations are able to run the country indirectly or at least able to get away with some actions that are not exactly considered righteous. If this is the case, a corporation that is regarded as an individual could potentially harm others because of its money, power, and influence. If a senator obtained his position by campaigning using a corporation’s money, then that senator has to answer to that corporation, in a sense. It is like the saying, “You scratch my back, and I scratch yours.”

A chilling scene in the movie was of the empty office of Point Corp. It made everything seem a creepy because the company claims to have an office and workers, yet no one is there. The lighting in the offices of Point Corp was bright giving the indication that the plans of Point Corp was slowly surfacing and that Della was getting closer to uncovering the story. Point Corp is making a profit from war by dealing with foreign countries against the U.S. One could go as far as to say that it is treason.

Democracy is often defined as a government by the people for the people. If a corporation with unlimited funds is considered a person of its own, the amount of influence the corporation has almost no boundaries. A business’s goal is to make money. In some cases, a business will do this by any means.