I won't be chattering about how we're bound to the system of capitalism to be free, to have super powers etc. But this documentary intentionally twists all the rationale and reduces itself to a finger-pointing-populist-crybaby. It simply doesn't know what it's talking about.
Capitalism, as we conceive today, has been around for about 600 years. According to this documentary the entity of capitalism has been run by big conglomerates, corrupted politicians and profit loving establishments - not by us. But after the mortgage crisis, we had enough and we realized there's something wrong. Congratulations.
And this documentary makes its point by asking priests and bishops about their opinions on economy, since they're the all-knowing masters of economic principles. This is actually ironic, since "protestant ethics" is the major element behind mercantilism, a harsher type of capitalism.
It also makes use of people whose relatives are deceased, who lost their jobs, houses etc. for pseudo-emotional purposes.
"How can those people lose their jobs, houses? Even if they still have cars? What happened to America? Capitalism, you're a bad, bad boy!" says the documentary. Did capitalism start to hurt middle-class American dream instead of distracting them by pouring a few million bombs in Iraq? Apparently.
I won't bother forming an anti-argument. Looks like Mr. Moore doesn't know anything at all about how capitalism rose in the context we conceive today. I'd suggest reading about protestant ethics and Max Weber. And industrial revolution, great depression, world wars, Bretton Woods institutions, dollar as a reserve currency, energy crisis, financial bubbles... That means he should read a lot.
I strongly suggest not to waste your time on this. If you want to understand economic systems, do what you should do and read some books. History of capitalism is interesting in particular, because it reveals how people prospered while others suffered, how low human could be and how the world became what it is today. But this documentary will only give you pseudo information and will try to agitate you with "they are to blame - not you" act. Avoid.
Capitalism, as we conceive today, has been around for about 600 years. According to this documentary the entity of capitalism has been run by big conglomerates, corrupted politicians and profit loving establishments - not by us. But after the mortgage crisis, we had enough and we realized there's something wrong. Congratulations.
And this documentary makes its point by asking priests and bishops about their opinions on economy, since they're the all-knowing masters of economic principles. This is actually ironic, since "protestant ethics" is the major element behind mercantilism, a harsher type of capitalism.
It also makes use of people whose relatives are deceased, who lost their jobs, houses etc. for pseudo-emotional purposes.
"How can those people lose their jobs, houses? Even if they still have cars? What happened to America? Capitalism, you're a bad, bad boy!" says the documentary. Did capitalism start to hurt middle-class American dream instead of distracting them by pouring a few million bombs in Iraq? Apparently.
I won't bother forming an anti-argument. Looks like Mr. Moore doesn't know anything at all about how capitalism rose in the context we conceive today. I'd suggest reading about protestant ethics and Max Weber. And industrial revolution, great depression, world wars, Bretton Woods institutions, dollar as a reserve currency, energy crisis, financial bubbles... That means he should read a lot.
I strongly suggest not to waste your time on this. If you want to understand economic systems, do what you should do and read some books. History of capitalism is interesting in particular, because it reveals how people prospered while others suffered, how low human could be and how the world became what it is today. But this documentary will only give you pseudo information and will try to agitate you with "they are to blame - not you" act. Avoid.