privatization in society theme

The social ramifications of privatizing government functions and services are explored.

8 total · 2 major · 6 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Fortress (1992) major The viewer is made to ponder about where or not corporations should be entrusted to run prisons.
movie: RoboCop (1987) major The consequences of privatizing the Detroit police force was explored.
movie: Capricorn One (1978) minor The mission to Mars was faked because NASA contracted out the job of building a life support system for the astronauts to a private company and the company cut corners and it didn't work.
movie: Death Race (2008) minor A point was made that the prison conditions were harsh and exploitative owing in part to it being a privately run facility.
movie: Iron Man 2 (2010) minor Tony triumphantly proclaimed at a Senate hearing that he'd successfully privatized world peace.
movie: No Escape (1994) minor The story is set in a near future where prisoners are being exploited for profit in a private run international prison system. However, the ramifications of having such a system were not at all explored.
movie: Space Truckers (1996) minor The Earth president E.J. Saggs gleefully stated that government had finally been privatized.
movie: The Lawless Land (1988) minor The Chairman ran a private prison.