#7 Capitalism

Capitalism: A Love Story

By: Michael Moore

More like a love story gone wrong.

Capitalism - an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

When searching for a picture of the movie cover to kindly insert here I came across other pictures that caught my attention much more...

Before I get into those pictures I would like to talk a bit about the film that brought them to me.

Capitalism is a tough tough tough subject to touch on, I say that because as I write this I can't decide if capitalism does more bad than good. 

Watching this film Moore's purpose is to convince you it is an all out con.

If I were completely clueless as to what capitalism was and I watched this film, I would be 100% convinced that capitalism is the most heartless monster I ever encountered. 

Why? Because let me tell you, Moore uses rhetoric like there is no tomorrow, and with the way he exposed capitalism, there might not be.

I think Moore's rhetoric strongly focused on Pathos and Logos but also did consist of some Ethos. In a way he also used humor as a form of rhetoric and I must say props to him. Most wouldn't think humor would be used with the subject of capitalism, simply because you would think he's not taking it seriously. In his own way he made all of those elements rather well.

I will admit after watching this film, Moore had me. It really made me think of capitalism as the monster, but even then I was still at a crossroads with it.

So I made a list. A pros and cons list.

Oh yeah.

Pros:

-Economic Freedom

-Efficiency

-Economic Growth

Cons:

-Monopoly Power

-Monopsony Power

-Social benefit ignored

-Inhereted Wealth and Wealth Inequality

-Inequality creates social division

-Boom and bust cylces (boom there goes our economy↑,  bust there it went↓.)

(All of which Moore made us think about.)

Now you tell me, monster or not?

I then came across this picture . . .

Like I said, Capitalism is a back and forth thing that is a winner and a loser at the same time it is a monster. 

In all honesty, this topic makes me feel exhausted. 

Now I see why hippies wanted to be hippies.

Why can't we all just share and treat others how we want to be treated?

It really is that hard.

Typing all of this out and watching the film, still I am in the in between. 

Let me know your opinions, what you think, and feel.

Or if you just want to become a hippie just as bad as me.

"Flower Power" is a historic photograph taken by photographer Bernie Boston. Although it was a time during the Vietnam war. . . the need for peace was and is still needed.