Yes, it’s true, Michael Moore is an idiot:
VENICE (Reuters) – Capitalism is evil. That is the conclusion U.S. documentary maker Michael Moore comes to in his latest movie “Capitalism: A Love Story,” which premieres at the Venice film festival Sunday.
Blending his trademark humor with tragic individual stories, archive footage and publicity stunts, the 55-year-old launches an all out attack on the capitalist system, arguing that it benefits the rich and condemns millions to poverty.
“Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil,” the two-hour movie concludes.
“You have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good for all people and that something is democracy.”
So, Michael I’m assuming you’ll be fine if we bootleg all your movies and sell them ourselves, right ?
After all, democracy, right ?
September 6th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Heh:
September 6th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Yes, but he wouldn’t want me to download it and sell it for a buck or two per DVD would he ?
Michael Moore: Fat Assed Liberal Hypocrite
September 6th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Michael Moore is an evil, and he makes lots of money off fools that feel guilty about the success of the capitalist system. Ah, if only we could be poor like the Cubans: You first Michael; give it up to the poor. He’s also ignorant: democracy is not an economic system; it’s a way to peacefully settle political questions, but unfortunately, most of his socialist comrades don’t believe in it, like Chavez, Castro, etc.
September 6th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Moore presumably invests his own and other people’s money in producing his films. Then he markets them and sells tickets to people for the purpose of seeing his film. Expenses are paid and he keeps the profits. He charges $30,000 for an appearance on a college campus.
No wonder he thinks capitalism is evil.
September 6th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Doug, I really can’t figure out if you’re stupid or actively dishonest. I used to think you just a bit unrealistic, but have come to see that you’re pretty willing to throw out the lie whenever it suits you. In case you missed it (and I’m sure you did), Moore’s criticisms are aimed directly at exploitation, not making a buck. But you, in a way that I’ve come to see is your habit, willfully mischaracterize it for your own halfwit purposes. As I said, you’re a clown. Don’t mistake yourself for someone contributing something useful to the public conversation.
September 6th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
MB,
Yea but Michael Moore and his repeated misrepresentation of facts to support the kind of anti-capitalist rant you usually get from some TA in college really contributes something to the public debate.
If Moore truly believed capitalism was evil, then he wouldn’t spend so much time trying to make money by utilizing the things that only it is responsible for creating. Like most faux intellectuals, he’s just posing.
September 6th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
It’s not like I’ve not had my own disputes with you, Doug, but MB spews typical far-Left nonsense. “Exploitation”?!?!? That’s what the far-Left calls voluntary economic transaction of which it doesn’t approve.
By the same token, I suppose we (i.e., the rational) could declare that Michael Moore is “exploiting” virtually everyone ignorant enough to buy a ticket to one of his “documentaries.”
September 7th, 2009 at 12:20 am
[...] “Capitalism is evil” says man who has gotten immensely rich off of capitalism (Below the Beltway) Capitalism is evil. That is the conclusion U.S. documentary maker Michael Moore comes to in his latest movie “Capitalism: A Love Story,” which premieres at the Venice film festival Sunday. [...] “Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil,” the two-hour movie concludes. [...]
September 7th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Remember when Reagan was saying that government was the problem?
September 8th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Interesting how capitalism is an economic system, and democracy is a political system. How the heck are you supposed to replace an economic system with a political system?
September 8th, 2009 at 12:32 am
If capitalism is evil doesn’t that make him evil for knowingly employing it.
September 8th, 2009 at 6:12 am
Michael Moore says we need to replace capitalism with democracy. Hmm… One is an economic term, the other a political term. It’s like saying that we should replace gravity with enthusiasm. Huh? Of course, what Moore really means when he says “democracy” is socialism, but he’s too cowardly to use that word.
September 8th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
If Mr. Moore was to be consistent, he should have titled his movie, “Corporatism is Evil”.
We haven’t had capitalism in this country in my lifetime. But then again, I’m guessing Mr. Moore got his education from the public schools, which teach you nothing.