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I wanted to share an excellent movie with you.
It's a documentary done by the famous director, Michael Moore.
If you don't know why America is in so much trouble, you must watch this film A.S.A.P.!! (As Soon As Possible!)
The movie explains everything. Please watch it and reply to this blog about what you thought or to ask any questions.
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/kqlGv_agrXI/
It's a documentary done by the famous director, Michael Moore.
If you don't know why America is in so much trouble, you must watch this film A.S.A.P.!! (As Soon As Possible!)
The movie explains everything. Please watch it and reply to this blog about what you thought or to ask any questions.
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/kqlGv_agrXI/
Post comment Comment (24 replies)
- Reply Jimbo
- kezaer: I will watch the movie tonight, Jimbo.Good! Keep an open mind. Take notes. Dig up some information. Gain your own perspective. Ask questions! Become better informed. I'm not only talking through this movie but through all the sources you can get your hands on! Knowledge is power!
I appreciate your arguments so much, and your style too. Every viewpoint must be supported by the facts or fact
- Reply kezaer
- I have seen the movie 'Capitalism: a love story' last saturday night via Tudo.com.
(http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/kqlGv_agrXI/)
I can strongly feel the director's anger to the current situation of the American society. Far from my previous imagination, the America is confronted with many unfairness, poverty, and moral problems etc.
I thought that the statemen influenced and cultivated profoundly by the democracy formed over hundreds of years, would not be subject to the devils, who only care about money and power, paying little attention to the poor's welfare, the commonweal. Now I learn that politicians can never be fully trusted, even 60%.Those should be supervised strictly forever, , as dangerous animal being kept in the cage, neither in capitalism nor in communitism society, no matter elites or everymen.
Even in the perfect general election system, can the general public be possibly manipulated by the sophisticated the politicians and big blocs. They mislead the public in order to achieve their private benifits.The similar phenomenon constantly happen in China, though here people are continuously being delegated by the so called delegator, who is actually appointed by the local party committee. Wherever whoever, the trick means change litte. The democracy which is originally design to prevent the commonwealth being cheated by the minority, can't defend it by itself, which can only depend on how people utilized it, and improve it.
Michael Moore seems to be inclined to the social democratic mode in his film, within which he introduced a bread facutory owned by all the workers in a state of the USA , where everyone has equil right incluing decision-making or profit shareing, moreover, the factory works well.
For thousand of years, the pursuit of wealth and happiness is the eternal theme to the human beings. In the late decades of years, after the world war Ⅱ，diverse ways for achieving such purpose emerged, which were backed by various theories respectively. Peoples over the world choosed (in some places, they have no right to choose their own way because they are reigned by evil gangs or owned by suzerain) their own ways to develop their countries.
It's proved that Different theories and roads lead to different destination. It's evident that people who choosed democratic system benefit more than some peoples who choosed the social system, especially after the end of the Cold War. The capitalism seemingly has defeated the communism, which nowadays exists only in a few countries.The most developed states in world are in capitalism system, such as USA, Japan, German, Britain etc. Although none of them is perfect, what's more, most of those face all sorts of problems and difficulties, yet the majority of the people in such countries enjoy a much higher living standard than people from other part of the world.
It's no doubt that the capitalism that hunts for profit motive, has enhanced profoundly the level of the material and mental wealth, and activated human creativity and efficiency unprecedentedly over the past centuries. However, high level of civilization doesn't mean that everyone within such circumstance all lives a good life. As the movie says, people who pledged their houses to the bank in return for loans and can't repay the debt before deadline are evicted by the bank, to which the houses belong ever since . All of those are guaranteed by the law, regardless of the people becoming homeless, which indicates the cruel side of the capitalism. Likewise, many people who live in China are also compelled to move out from their houses with incredibly low compensation from the government because of a new municipal planning, even though they owe nothing to the bank. Everyday does a compulsory remove happen in China. Our congress has passed the property law years ago, but it seems not to work.
So I have some questions here.
1. Can President Obama's health care plan practically improve the nation's medical condition?
2. Is it the time that the American should review their consumption pattern (particularly consumption in advance)? As to we oriental tradition, people get used to pay as you go, so it may help us reduce the financial risk in the future.
3. Is there any existant pattern of development that has overcomed the flaws that exist within capitalism and socialism?
4. How can a society keep competitiveness, higher social welfare, and freedom simultaneously?
5. What happen to the America after the world war two that the government no long pursue the supreme ideal which is vowed to bring well-being to all the nationals?
- Reply Jimbo
- kezaer: I have seen the movie 'Capitalism: a love story' last saturday night via Tudo.com.Wow! Well said my friend. I don't have enough time right now to make a formal response or start to discuss your questions but I promise to write something soon. You've got my mind thinking. Thank you!
(http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/kqlGv_agrXI/)
I can strongly
- Reply yuanyuanyuan
- I will watch it soon............
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