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What's the purpose of a company? In this bold talk, activist and filmmaker Abigail Disney imagines a world where companies have a moral obligation to place their workers above shareholders, calling on Disney (and all corporations) to offer respect, dignity and a living wage to everyone who works for them.
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Unfortunately most people in power and corporations don’t have a conscience.
Especially Disney. Walt Disney was a racist a__hole and even his granddaughter acknowledged this fact, although she fails to mention it in this video. But she does accuse US of not listening to our conscience and then goes onto talk about the viruies of Disney.
The Vice President of Disney was recently arrested for sexually abusing a 7 year old. Many employees at Disney knew he was pedophile and some are suggesting that’s exactly why he was promoted. If the Disney board has something to blackmail a person with it means that person can be easily controlled, which is exactly what Epstein and Maxwell did to powerful people. People are finally waking up to how prevalent blackmail is and now many powerful people are puppets.
This video is so ridiculously hypocritical that I’m wondering how they allowed it to be produced
You funny man.
Good
@ngọc anh nguyễn hhhhh
@emf 303 Disney the Walmart of entertainment, Virtues all over our backsides.
#Swoozie ✨
corporations are not people
disney child traffickers
children are people
Also how many dead children do you think Disney is responsible for? INVESTIGATE!
bravojr it is a travesty
@bravojr How many puppies are you responsible for slaughtering? I think we should investigate that.
@bravojr Technically no, the “corporations are people” ruling was for lobbying, not voting.
@For An Angel 0 actually.
I have rescued 14 animals.
Mostly dogs, but one bird and 3 cats.
Had no idea all this hinges on the battles between Disney’s World and Friedman’s world. But it’s obviously that they are in polar opposition and in there extremes
It’s weird to see “Disney” as an actual last name
Just like Firestone is an actual last name.
As opposed to “Lima”, which is a bean.
Astronauts work in a vacuum.
i uh cant argue with that.
I attended the Disney Leadership Excellence Program back in 1998 and appreciated what I learned about the Disney business practices and life. Dignity is integral.
I designate this as ‘worthy of my time’.
Bleepus Bloopus does not computus
So can I make and sell Mickey Mouse without Disney sueing me? Or no?
No, you cant even put a picture of Spiderman on your sons grave without Disney suing you. Disney and dignity, yeah right, I totally believe that.
ok
Jimmy was always a hero to me. I was born in 1957 and spent many years with no access to tv into the 70’s. Maybe I could see tv at a grandparents tv twice a month.
I need a job Mrs. Disney
Hah… she won’t give it to you. She won’t even give you the door to potentially find a job. She won’t do anything for you, not even a glimmer of perspective.
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life
She is right on. I love Disney because it was Disney not the greed its become.
The company I work for won’t hire me as an employee to avoid workman’s comp insurance, employee taxes, liability insurance and benefits. They control how much money I make, who I can work for and when and where I can work. I cant use them as a reference to find other work because they deny I am an employee. I am an independent contractor. An independent contractor who doesn’t make enough money to afford health insurance, liability insurance, or even enough money to cover my rent at times. Finding another job, they want to know who I have been working for or what I have been doing during the gap of employment. I explain there is no gap but cant prove it because there are no usable refferences.
First sentence of the German Constitution:
“Human dignity is inviolable”
I imagine a General Strike
Try telling that to the co worker jerk who restarted my depression
So nice to hear. Now if more would listen.