Bonus Entry. Michael Moore and His Tactics

After watching Michael Moore's documentary focusing on the failures of capitalism, Capitalism: A Love Story, I can honestly say that Michael Moore is a genius when playing off of a person's or a group of peoples' reactions without venturing further into what he shows to be the truth. The film had my jaw repeatedly dropping from each and every shift to a new point of capitalism. Starting with this his intro, Moore compares the fall of the Roman Empire with the United States, siting specifically the "behind the scenes" of the Roman Empire's downfall. This is where my irritation with Moore began.
Moore's analogy between the Roman Empire and the United States was not totally unfounded. After all, America's political system, a republic, is based off the one that was found in Rome. Where Moore completely lost me with his analogy was comparing the fall of the Roman Empire with United States in its current condition. Rome fell for many reasons. A weakened Empire due to overexpansion, division in religion, division of the Empire, an Empire that could not enforce its will due to a weak military, and due to these factors the Empire was conquered. The United States has a strong military, welcomes diversity in religion, and has one of the strongest economies in the world. The analogy has no basis where Moore takes it.
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Moore continues to lose credibility as the camera rolls. Moore cites situations in which houses are foreclosed on due to the inability to pay on loans. Do I need to say it? Of course if you do not pay what you say you can pay it will be foreclosed. Moore twists the logic of the capitalist system in order to elicit an emotional reaction from the audience. Another situation in which Moore twists it to his own purpose, would be the corruption of a judge. As if corruption is only found in a capitalist society, as if situation occurred not because of the individual but was forced onto the judge, and as if greed is dispensed with evenly in large amounts to every individual.
Moore uses many other methods to further his own purpose by twisting situations and withholding situational circumstance, which is not wrong per se; however, in the way Moore does it, citing catholic priests that he grew up with or old Michigan professors that he learned from, is as close to wrong when having a work try to persuade someone as is possible.
Be sure to say what you think of Moore, his tactics, his lifestyle and so on and so forth. I can honestly say I was in awe of what he tried to do, so be sure to watch his documentary and develop your own opinion.

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