Michael Moore Doesn't Know What Capitalism Is

Published by Peter Mains on October 03, 2009 at 07:49 PM

Michael Moore is going around telling people that capitalism has done nothing for him. This really makes you wonder how serious he is. Doesn't he know any better? Did he bother reading up on the meaning of the word, "capitalism?" He must understand that all of his box office profits are the result of capitalism.

His rationale is intersting, though. In his telling, the banks and corporations were against him. Banks and corporations are agents of capitalism. Therefore, he fought capitalism and won.  Of course, every entrepeneur has his critics and naysayers. Was Michael Dell's success not a product of capitalism because his business school professors doubted his business model?

This raises the question, is Michale Moore a cynic making nonsensical statements for the simple sake of controversy? Does he realize that his conception of capitalism is fundamentally flawed, but feels the need to save face? Or is he just fantastically underaware but just not willing to put down the camera and microphone?

I think it is the latter. Consider this quote.

I don't remember in my lifetime where the President starts off a speech says, "And now class, today's topic is capitalism." They started using these words, so now it's on the table. Let's talk about it.

There you have it. Capitalism is apparently a new invention in Moore's world. All of a sudden, we have this nefarious newspeak that nobody bothered to explain to poor Michael. Well, I won't be spending $9.50 to let Michael Moore share his complete political illiteracy with me.