From the team behind the infuriating documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" comes this NetFlix documentary series, each episode examining some facet of criminal activity and corruption, and not just centered on the United States although the U. S. (being the bastion of "100% deregulated capitalism is great and the ONLY option; regulations and Big Government interference are socialist and evil!" it is) gets spotlighted more than other countries. Of course, those who believe this have no issues with "Big Government" controlling a woman's body or overriding state's rights when it comes to legalized marijuana and gun control regulations, but that's another debate for another day.
The ads make the series sound like it's a nonstop expose on Trump and Kushner, which it isn't, although their auras of darkness are all over the episodes as the shows first aired under that administration. The episode entitled "Slumlord Millionaire" is about Kushner and rest assured any viewer with a conscience will want to throw bottles at the TV set while watching this. But just as engrossing are the episodes on Paycheck Loans and Scott Tucker (look him up), and the big plastics episode set in Point Comfort, TX. The episode on VW that so many other reviewers take issue with is also maddening and makes one wonder how many other auto manufacturers have skirted around the Clean Air Act and other regulations, especially since Reagan started the "Government is the Enemy, corporations are the saviors" movement in the 1980s.
In the end, most episodes are must-watches, which dig into corruption in a manner that programs like 60 Minutes and 20/20 used to expose, before the corporate takeover of the off-air antenna networks. Now these programs care more about ratings than exposing the truth. So 60 Minutes is reduced to shows about cross dressers in Japan and Sybil the Soothsayer than exposing corruption. To which I say, once again, thank God for NetFlix, for bringing us a documentary that most Americans should watch (save those who still believe in the myths of trickle down economics and that corporations will "self-regulate").
The ads make the series sound like it's a nonstop expose on Trump and Kushner, which it isn't, although their auras of darkness are all over the episodes as the shows first aired under that administration. The episode entitled "Slumlord Millionaire" is about Kushner and rest assured any viewer with a conscience will want to throw bottles at the TV set while watching this. But just as engrossing are the episodes on Paycheck Loans and Scott Tucker (look him up), and the big plastics episode set in Point Comfort, TX. The episode on VW that so many other reviewers take issue with is also maddening and makes one wonder how many other auto manufacturers have skirted around the Clean Air Act and other regulations, especially since Reagan started the "Government is the Enemy, corporations are the saviors" movement in the 1980s.
In the end, most episodes are must-watches, which dig into corruption in a manner that programs like 60 Minutes and 20/20 used to expose, before the corporate takeover of the off-air antenna networks. Now these programs care more about ratings than exposing the truth. So 60 Minutes is reduced to shows about cross dressers in Japan and Sybil the Soothsayer than exposing corruption. To which I say, once again, thank God for NetFlix, for bringing us a documentary that most Americans should watch (save those who still believe in the myths of trickle down economics and that corporations will "self-regulate").