Can the "Yes Men" and Michael Moore Fix Capitalism?
The Yes Men have a firm Michael Moore legacy (he appears in the trailer for their 2003 film, The Yes Men) but they do not yet have his audiences.
The Yes Men have a firm Michael Moore legacy (he appears in the trailer for their 2003 film, The Yes Men) but they do not yet have his audiences.
I have 15 things we can all do right now to fix the very broken system in this country and to fight back against those who have brought us to where we are. C'mon people -- we can do this!
Pathetically, as Paranormal Activity heads into wide release and faces off against the Saw franchise, the somewhat divisive horror film has only made 3000% its budget. Lame.
Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.
American-style capitalism is the system that gives you pilots buying groceries with food stamps and sheriffs throwing families out of their homes. President Obama, it's time for a "new" New Deal.
Every so often, you get a window into the past - and realize that it offered you a picture of the future. Only you didn't realize it at the time. My ...
You know, maybe it's just me, but the two occupations whose workers shouldn't be humpin' a second job are brain surgeons and airline pilots. Call me crazy.
I personify the vanishing middle class. When I started my business in 1980, I had a pretty good life. Twenty-five years later, my standard of living has totally deteriorated.
Has the popular anger that fueled attendance at Moore's anti-Bush administration films diminished with Obama's election?
On a throwback vibe, you could say that Capitalism: A Love Story is the bomb. By exploring the economic system of capitalism as an evil, Moore fires a salvo into the heart of America's social machine.
Dead Peasant Policies are life insurance policies a company takes out on its employees in order to collect the payoff if and when the employee dies... The concept of peasants isn't foreign or new to me...
The truth is the future of our society lies in the apathetic hands of my generation and the one below. And quite honestly that frightens me.
Now the conversation we're having is whether the health care system leads to killing people for profit. This is an old trick of lobbyists. You change the conversation to a battle you can win.
That earthquake you felt wasn't caused by the massive shifting of the earth's crust, but by something equally impressive: David Brooks agreeing with M...
You can't call yourself a Capitalist and a Christian because you can't love your money and your neighbor when you are denying your neighbor the ability to see a doctor.
It is not just a movie. It is a referendum that is being closely watched by the CEOs of America. Treat tonight and tomorrow as if it were election day.
Moore explicitly states that we ought to turn to democracy as the alternative to capitalism. But the opposite of capitalism is not democracy, it is socialism.
Ronald Reagan governed over high unemployment numbers, and he was covered by a hyper-critical media. Yet today, most TV news outlets are giving President Obama a free pass on equally bleak statistics.
I've had enough. As far as I'm concerned, Tea Bag Nation ends today -- at noon to be precise. The days of the majority of Americans being ignored and played for chumps are over.
Capitalism helps create an entrepreneurial spirit. But on the other hand, especially since the Reagan era, what we have seen in this country is an unfettered type of cowboy capitalism.
Friends, We're just one day away from the widest opening I've ever had for any of my movies. Tomorrow, Friday, October 2nd, "Capitalism: A Love Sto...