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True, I can't disagree. But I think it's an important point that when the cartoon was made, the people who made it expected that their audience would approve of

True, I can't disagree. But I think it's an important point that when the cartoon was made, the people who made it expected that their audience would approve of a message that presumed a civil duty for America's biggest businesses. Whether they actually lived up to that presumed duty, at least they acknowledged that the duty existed. Today, the average citizen no longer expects any civic obligation from business. In the years since this cartoon was made, they have been trained to accept profit as the only legitimate obligation of business.

UncleOxidant 5y ago
In 1952 when this movie was made only about 4.2% of the US population owned any stocks. After the Depression it took a generation before many people were willing to invest in stocks. I can recall my grandparents, who were in their 20s during the Depression, being very disparaging about "playing in the stock market". And my parent's generation (their children) really had no idea how to invest in the stock market because it wasn't something their parents did or told them about. May dad had a 401K, but he had no clue what he was doing with it - never seemed to understand the market at all and I don't think that was unusual for his generation.