An anti-corporate film is taking Netflix by storm.
There’s a new film that’s taking Netflix by storm.
And surprisingly, it’s one that also takes on corporate greed and the abuses at the very heart of the capitalist system.
The real-world Okja Okja may move a step away from reality in order to make its message subtler, but viewers don’t have to look too far to see that the film simply mirrors the real world.
While the issue of animal suffering and consciousness is complex, the fact is that the animals we eat are generally as intelligent as the ones that live in our homes (if not more so).
Indeed, the system of corporate mass production means we don’t need to think about killing the animals we eat, because someone else does it for us.
An issue of rich and poor There are dozens of facts which show meat production as a leading cause behind climate change, water waste, and deforestation.
While an average UK resident eats around 84.2kg of meat a year, a US resident eats 120.2kg.
Even if we put animal rights and the benefits of eating less meat to one side, corporate meat production has a shocking effect; on both the environment and on people who hardly even eat meat.
It’s great to have films like Okja holding a mirror up to what capitalism is doing to the world.