Fair comments, Bilbo.
I like a lot of Michael Moore's stuff and I've seen all of the documentaries he has made, but I haven't seen all of his early television stuff nor read all of his books.
I think Michael Moore is a decent hearted, patriotic American who wants better for his country. He points out flaws in the system and advocates reform in order to improve the lives of ordinary people. It is vitally important that people like him are around. Most of us ordinary folks are quick to complain about the system, but never actually get off of our arses and do anything about it. But Moore keeps on doing his thing and urging people to do even simple things like actually getting out and voting.
This film couldn't have come out at a more suitable time really. The stock market bubble continues to grow whilst unemployment still shoots up. The economy is tanking and I can really see a nose dive happening in the next year, I think it's going to get a lot worse and the global ramifications will be huge. I'm less optimistic than Moore in that I think think America is economically spent and it's time for a paradigm shift in the world economic order.
The first thing to do is to reign in the corruption on wall street and in the banks, but it seems that Obama is unwilling to do it. The eventual implosion will only be more dramatic if things continue as they are now. The banks were given tax payer money to get things pumping again and still people are losing their homes because of dodgy mortgage financing. It's only going to get worse because nothing has been addressed.


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