The last 30 seconds is capitalism at its finest.

So he worked his ass off and made a lot of money by having people pay for the product that he produced? Just what does he think capitalism is?

this is the epitome of why i hate michael moore.
so he worked hard to get his first movie off the ground? big fucking deal.
hard work and capitalism are not mutually exclusive.
he has a wild combination of bloated ego and smugness.
douche.

'catches off guard'?
when you live within an unfair system, you HAVE to play it to accomplish anything and do progress away from it
that doesn't invalidate any of the points

if you're in a pit and want to climb out of it with a ladder, it doesn't mean that you like the pit and the ladder access to it
it just means you need to use a ladder to climb out of the pit and with any hope help everyone else out of the pit and learn to live without the need for ladders

I find it amusing that people seem to think Michael Moore's sucess in making money off his films invalidates the very beliefs he espouses.

I haven't seen Moore's film yet, but I think when he refers to "Capitalism" he's referring to the social and political apparatus that's been built around it as a philosophy, not the mechanics of markets themselves.

If one makes that distinction, I would gladly say that I abhor Capitalism, but think markets are great. I think markets are a valuable tool humans can use to the benefit of humanity. Capitalism seems to be a philosophy built around the premise that a human's only value is in service to a market.

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Is he really complaining about having to "beg, borrow, and steal" to fund his movie? Of course you have to secure funding for your personal projects, through investors, venture capitalists, or business loans.

What would qualify as capitalism 'doing something for him'? A 10 million dollar check for every person who wants to be a film director?

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Is he really complaining about having to "beg, borrow, and steal" to fund his movie? Of course you have to secure funding for your personal projects, through investors, venture capitalists, or business loans.


Given the subjects of some of his documentaries it might be harder for him than most to obtain that funding.

There is nothing the upper class hates more than one of their own defending the working class. Bravo to Michael Moore for retaining his compassion and humanity despite financial success.

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>> ^chilaxe:
Is he really complaining about having to "beg, borrow, and steal" to fund his movie? Of course you have to secure funding for your personal projects, through investors, venture capitalists, or business loans.

Given the subjects of some of his documentaries it might be harder for him than most to obtain that funding.


His books and liberal books in general are highly profitable best-sellers (just like conservative books), and wealthy voters split evenly between Obama and McCain, so it doesn't seem like the data is consistent with a model that requires Moore be given a special status exempting him from the normal fundraising process.

If you look at Michael Moore's almost non-existent record of achievements when he made his first movie, it's really not surprising that people didn't volunteer to hand over millions of dollars to him the way he apparently thinks they should have. To dismiss everything as a conspiracy is just a little too easy.