Capitalism: A Love Story

Either love him or hate him, Michael Moore is an important voice of our times, sure a biased voice with a wicked wit, but one everyone needs to hear as this crazy world keeps on spinning.  The only thing I objected to in this documentary was its broad attack on Capitalism when its really personal greed that's to blame for everything that's demonstrated in his film.  Sure Capitalism is the system in which such greed flourishes but if regulated by independent agencies (which Goldman Saks isn't) its a great way to promote healthy competition and real progress.   If we didn't have capitalism would we have some of the major advances in technology we have now?   I don't know; but I suspect not.  (Of course, perhaps I'm as brainwashed as the rest of America.) Still this documentary outlines how rich banks and corporations have like great puppet masters taken over our government.   The sad thing is that I don't believe America will do anything about it.   Just listen to Rush Limbaugh or any Tea Party politician and you'll see that the brainwash is continuing.  Socialism is still considered a bad word when even the great FDR spoke of it, in a scene that really shows how backwards America is.  I also didn't think the parts of the documentary where Michael Moore shows people losing their homes works.  It's a cheap sympathy story line that distracts from the best parts of the documentary, like when he gives us facts demonstrating how wrong things went during Reagan's era.  I don't think Mr. Moore is really a film documentarian or a journalist.   He's an entertainer with a very liberal agenda.  But why is this a bad thing.  We need more thinkers like him who show us our society from outside the box.   Get the debate started.   Is Capitalism-run-wild immoral?   I think so.  Grade: B+.