Brown’s case against the Good Paper Company is painful to read, as the corporation uses every underhanded—yet still legal—tactic to stonewall. “Good Paper treated Ted Brown like a dog,” the author asserts, ignoring his warnings of unsafe working conditions and, following his significant injuries due to those conditions, eventually fired him. But the author declares cases like these are routine, particularly for people of color and those who are “money-poor.” For corporations, the author contends, “it’s not even personal. It’s only about money.”
The book highlights statistics on rulings similar to Brown’s, and insight into judges’ determination methods when it comes to corporations versus the people, a stark portrayal that asserts “at least 80 percent of human rights cases” will be dismissed. The author also makes a compelling case for corporatism’s American roots—stretching as far back as the early 1800s, when “corporatism led humans to race-based slavery to maximize money profits”—that routinely sacrifice human values in favor of big money, emphatically stating that “corporatism is a virus that causes humans to malfunction… [and] America, the birthplace of modern race-based slavery, is ground zero.”
Takeaway: Decisive call to action pitting corporatism against human rights.
Comparable Titles: Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine, William Magnuson's For Profit.
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Design and typography: A
Illustrations: A
Editing: A
Marketing copy: A
