whamm!   Albania. Feb 22 2010 21:33. Posts 11625
this was kinda depressing to watch. i kinda looked up to the U.S. for a long time and now I think I'm better off living in the Philippines than some working class guy who lost their home and job during the housing crash. just doesnt look promising where it's headed.
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vegable   United States. Feb 22 2010 21:52. Posts 2453
i paid money to actually see this doc on opening weekend. WActually not a huge fan of Moore's directing style as it is contains a bit more entertainment than I'd like when its meant to be more eye opening. He did leave myself and the rest of the audience at the end of the movie pondering very hard about the capitalist society of americxa and the sheer amount of fucking JUSTICE that needs to be delivered in this world. Billions of dollars being funnuled upwards and no one can do anyhting about it? Someone needs to start up a lynch mob for these people, and i'm in. but not in march cus its "you know what" month
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Gadget   United States. Feb 22 2010 21:59. Posts 295
that documentary would the first place i would look if i was researching where i wanted to live.
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milkman   United States. Feb 22 2010 22:40. Posts 5719
thanks for the reminder i wanted to watch this but forgot to DL it..
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Mariuslol   Norway. Feb 22 2010 22:58. Posts 4742
Downloading it as well, ty Whamm <3
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Motiva   United States. Feb 22 2010 23:16. Posts 104
oh wow I had no idea this existed! And I've been following the US Economy quite closely for the past 6 months, and have prolly seen just about every other documentary on the subject lmao.
Definitely gonna check this.
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Carthac   United States. Feb 22 2010 23:42. Posts 1343
edit: I need to figure out how to fix this double post bs O_O
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Samsung   Poland. Feb 23 2010 00:33. Posts 238
thx forthx for doc Whamm
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Steal City   United States. Feb 23 2010 03:49. Posts 2537
i would respect and watch micheal moore if he didn't make up things sometimes
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Chobo1   Thailand. Feb 23 2010 05:14. Posts 287
<3 michael moore.
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handbanana21   United States. Feb 23 2010 05:56. Posts 3037
well its just like the bible, dont follow everything word for word, just try to keep a open mind to the general thesis. I thought the movie was really interesting.
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Zep   United States. Feb 23 2010 17:36. Posts 2292
I really liked his comparisons between christ and the christian elitist in the United States, but wow this movie had such limited detail as to what is really going on with congress, banks, wall street, etc. But i thought his overall approach showing that wall street has become a casino was 110% spot on. Seriously, how can poker be labeled gambling and illegal, yet derivative calculations and hedge funds which create 0 value and are far more dampening to the economy be not only legal but bailed out when they fail...
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Mariuslol   Norway. Feb 23 2010 22:34. Posts 4742
Finished watching it, makes me value and appreciate how things are run here in Norway. Seem hard being an American, so many people lost their way, almost frightening to watch lol.
Interesting that in norway, virtually everyone's paycheck is around 18.000 kr - 45.000kr a month, and a politician is smack in the middle, and at the top you have Oil workers, doctors, pilots. And at the top end of that sum you pay close to or 50% tax at the bottom end you pay 20% or so. To put it in perspective, two full bags of groceries costs around 450kr, food for a week.
Something terrible should be done to all the Bush like people, and no wonder why we over here love Obama lol, only the greedy scums and ignorant people over there love capitalism.
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milkman   United States. Feb 23 2010 23:02. Posts 5719
wow so in norway a low paying job is qual to like 32 weeks of food??? here a low paying job is $1280 thats if your lucky enough to work full time.. and if you payed no taxes..
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whamm!   Albania. Feb 24 2010 08:51. Posts 11625
where i live its like 1kusd and you can live decently enough. like have ur own place(decent enough condo rental unit),groceries,utilities, airconditioning and a maid lol