Re: Michael Moore Calls Capitalism Evil in New Movie

What passes for “capitalism” today would make Adam Smith spin in his grave. Read the original Adam Smith, not the right-wing caricature: a man who spoke out against injustice and against monopolies exploiting (yes) workers. You can argue whether the capitalism of Smith’s time is good, evil, or in between, but the corporate feudalism of today’s “capitalism” that would make Smith throw up, has our government bought and paid for in its back pocket, and is indefensible.My favorite is when they try to hint or even directly say, that Moore is a “hypocrite”.This is the most common illogical statement heard over and over again, so let’s give a direct response. Do you think Andre Sakharov was a “hypocrite?"Well, guess what? He strongly criticized the same USSR from which *he* benefited. The same USSR that gave him his education. And his university research opportunities,, etc…but only an ugly Stalinist, not a sane person, would ever call Sakharov “hypocritical” for criticizing the system he lived under.The same logic applies to anyone living in the U.S., you can’t get tens of millions to see your film to spread your message unless you play the capitalist game since it’s the only game in town. A hypocrite would be if they said “don’t invest a penny of your money in the stock market, but I will invest mine” but to use the only system you have, to criticize its faults, it the most patriotic thing you can do (America: Right Its Wrongs) to improve it, and no more hypocritical than Sakharov.