This is an excellent documentary about why WE (worldwide) are in the MESS that WE have created, and why WE are unlikely to get out of it before it gets much, much worse. It's who WE are, as humans. It's how We Work. (Puns intended and oh so appropriate.)
Con men like WeWork's consummate con artist Adam Neumann (and his equally nefarious "new age" hippy - dippy wife Rebekah Newmann) have always been with us. They are found in every century, in every country, in every culture, pushing their impossible plastic banana good-time rock and role promises, NEVER delivering.
They are con artists like the 20th century's Charles Ponzi, who's name is synonymous with the corporate unicornery (uniconery?) found at WeWork, detailed in this documentary. They are the 19th century's Joseph Smith who's ludicrously anachronistic "visions" created an entire religion that has persisted for almost 200 years, at one time having millions of "followers", now amazing wealth headed toward a trillion dollars. They are Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes (another pathetic "Steve Jobs" wannabe) raking in billions before bursting the bubble, now richly deserving a long prison sentence. They are the intergenerational "ponzi" schemes peddled by 21st century politicians promising solutions to problems that can't (or won't) be solved, such as poverty, racial tensions, and never ending climate change, by robbing "Peter" to pay "Paul."
They all have one thing in common. They are charismatic malarkey peddlers. The current helpless and hapless White House occupant infamously promised "no malarkey", and now delivers nothing but. You can't con an honest man (or culture, or follower). When you take money from "Peter" to pay "Paul", you can ALWAYS count on Paul's help. That's the eternal message of this film.
Con men like WeWork's consummate con artist Adam Neumann (and his equally nefarious "new age" hippy - dippy wife Rebekah Newmann) have always been with us. They are found in every century, in every country, in every culture, pushing their impossible plastic banana good-time rock and role promises, NEVER delivering.
They are con artists like the 20th century's Charles Ponzi, who's name is synonymous with the corporate unicornery (uniconery?) found at WeWork, detailed in this documentary. They are the 19th century's Joseph Smith who's ludicrously anachronistic "visions" created an entire religion that has persisted for almost 200 years, at one time having millions of "followers", now amazing wealth headed toward a trillion dollars. They are Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes (another pathetic "Steve Jobs" wannabe) raking in billions before bursting the bubble, now richly deserving a long prison sentence. They are the intergenerational "ponzi" schemes peddled by 21st century politicians promising solutions to problems that can't (or won't) be solved, such as poverty, racial tensions, and never ending climate change, by robbing "Peter" to pay "Paul."
They all have one thing in common. They are charismatic malarkey peddlers. The current helpless and hapless White House occupant infamously promised "no malarkey", and now delivers nothing but. You can't con an honest man (or culture, or follower). When you take money from "Peter" to pay "Paul", you can ALWAYS count on Paul's help. That's the eternal message of this film.