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Lots of people are calling him anti capitalism, communist etc. IIRC he's not against capitalism, or free markets. He's against uneven playing fields. Ones where
by maerF0x0 12y ago
Lots of people are calling him anti capitalism, communist etc. IIRC he's not against capitalism, or free markets. He's against uneven playing fields. Ones where robbing a 7-11 gets you shot and killed vs committing a multimillion dollar crime gets you a relatively small fine (one by which it's still profitable).
He's against markets where CEOs are worshipped despite there being zero correlation btwn CEO pay and company performance [1]
Michael Moore is against people being treated as means, and not ends of their own accord.
[1]:http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-22/for-ceos-correlation-between-pay-and-stock-performance-is-pretty-random http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-22/for-ceos-cor...
- brandonmenc 12y ago> robbing a 7-11 gets you shot and killed I have absolutely no problem with people getting killed when they put lives in immediate danger (armed robbery) and not getting killed when they don't (most white collar crime.) You point a gun at someone, you might get shot. And you should.
- dfxm12 12y agoThe leap from robbery to armed robbery is quite a large one, and really deflects from point at hand, which is that the justice system (in the US and certainly elsewhere) favors the rich.
- meesterdude 12y agoI have had the same takeaway about him, and feel the same as him, or at least similarly. I suspect there will always be unfairness one way or another, but things have been reaching a whole other level lately. I expect it will get better, but not before it gets worse.