I'll have to see the movie to say. A lot of news outlets here can turn anything into politics. The plot does sound bizarre.
Lego has a great video on YouTube about how the founder had a dwindling business. He eventually had to lay everyone off. He ended up making toys and trading them to stores for food. Eventually he improved them and built it into a huge company over generations and huge ups and downs.
I don't think Lego is promoting an anti-business agenda, at least based on that one video.
My 5 y/o is a Lego fanatic, and I hope the movie doesn't have some political message in it.
That is a shame. I like Lego as a company. Too bad they took a wimpy approach to the plot of their film just to appease the left winged critics. Demonize business while trying to make money. That's like saying you want to lose weight while eating cookies.
That's sort of true, except that the cookies are magical ones which actually do cause you to lose weight. You can't blame Lego for giving the public the message it wants to hear. It's a matter of supply and demand - the public demands an anti-business message, and so Lego supplies it. Is this paradoxical? Absolutely. But it's the way things work.
Hmmm, I suppose that's a good way to look at it. But then, what's the difference between a crony capitalist and a big business capitalist? Must business remain small in order to avoid being crony?
Personally, I find it rather ironic that a big business (Lego Corporation) is promoting an anti-business message.
As a side note, people should be aware that collectivism is the underlying principle which drives big-business. Individualism is the driving force behind small businesses and independent freelancers.
“The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.” ~ John D. Rockefeller
What's kind of funny is that John D. Rockefeller was essentially the real life equivalent of Ellis Wyatt (that is, he was a giant oil tycoon), yet his principles were totally opposite of the ones which Ayn Rand thought such a man would have. Just something to think about... ;)
Lego has a great video on YouTube about how the founder had a dwindling business. He eventually had to lay everyone off. He ended up making toys and trading them to stores for food. Eventually he improved them and built it into a huge company over generations and huge ups and downs.
I don't think Lego is promoting an anti-business agenda, at least based on that one video.
My 5 y/o is a Lego fanatic, and I hope the movie doesn't have some political message in it.
Now here's a question: do you consider John D. Rockefeller to be a genuine capitalist or a crony capitalist?
As a side note, people should be aware that collectivism is the underlying principle which drives big-business. Individualism is the driving force behind small businesses and independent freelancers.
“The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.”
~ John D. Rockefeller
http://www.economist.com/node/160180
What's kind of funny is that John D. Rockefeller was essentially the real life equivalent of Ellis Wyatt (that is, he was a giant oil tycoon), yet his principles were totally opposite of the ones which Ayn Rand thought such a man would have. Just something to think about... ;)