Moore is the man... ...If only other wealthy people understood the importance of benevolence...than maybe we wouldn't be in this "depression" in the first place... ...KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHT, Mr. Moore... ...We are proud to have you on our side. Sincerely, The AMERICAN Working-Poor.
I love how Charlie Rose played the ACTUAL TRAILER of Michael Moore's documentary than Sean Hannity whom just played misleading and random clips from it.
Good interview. General Motors was a good lesson in Economics 101. Send the factories overseas, put people out of work, they can't afford the cars, company goes bankrupt.
I watched this episode on Charlie Rose and like most of Charlie Rose's interviews was very informative. Charlie is the classiest guy of them all; no fanfare, no confrontation.
The system our economy is now under is no longer capitalism. Nor is it a free market system. It's corporatism; aka fascism. The government is being hugely influenced, if not controlled, by the mega-corporations, which use various tactics to get legislation passed that favor their activities, keep so-called regulatory agenicies from interfering with them, and inhibit competition. Included in this is the private corporation to which Congress has given much of its mandate and authority regarding money and the economy, the Federal Reserve.
as a person who still has a job in this nation, labor has been cut, and productivity per each person has gone up. The people in charge do expect more work for less.
I think there are some pernicious effects of capitalism, a good idea in theory, but in practice there are a lot of bumps in the road. It's sad to think that the middle class is decimated. It certainly is much harder to put a kid through college these days. We are living in a debt ridden society.
I love you Michael Moore. You're the most intelligent american guy I've ever seen. Thank you for sicko. You've shown to all us how much shit there is in our health care system.
Michael's message is so simple and clear. he is truly looking at these issues with america's best interests in mind. how can this be allowed? im not in america, or american, but i sure hope you americans revolt and do what you can to take your country back.
Credit Default Swaps are: INSURANCE for banks and financial service companies if their loans go bad (default). The financial service corporations can NOT call it INSURANCE (or it will be relegated by different laws). So they called it Credit Default Swaps. It's a racket!
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own neccessities but of their advantages." ~Adam Smith
sorry michael we do actually have a democratic economic system. every purchase is a democratic vote. the consumer has sovereignty. the businesses who dont please consumers go out of business and the ones who please them become successful
I know about Ron Paul. I voted for him in the Republican primary in '08. Because he was the only honest and smart Republican and he predicted the crash. And then I voted for Ralph Nader in the general election because he actually works for the little guy. You should look up Nader's speech at The Egg in Albany, NY on here, which I went to. It was excellent.
The fact is that last November the people spoke through votes and put Democrats as the majority in Congress and the White House, in part, to have healthcare for all. If we don't get healthcare for all then we don't have Democracy. We just have paid off politicians that exact an oligarchy, which is a form of dictatorship. Democracy should matter more your side of the issue as individuals.
The difference there is that by me paying for food for myself I am not robbing anyone of benefits or overtime. That is the price of eggs. By evading taxes and not allowing unions, the companies are not giving back their bit to society and are exploiting their workers.
Moore almost gets it, but the solution isn't more government. Government will only escalate the problem. Notice how the problem has gotten worse while the government has expanded over the past decade.
No, I meant 1%. Thats not much. It has been done before. Right now though there is no tax on it. You can buy a billion dollar company on the stock market and pay absolutely no taxes. That is not right, when the average consumer has to pay on everything.
As much as I like Michel everything needs to move forward not back, if we are to progress we can’t romanticize a time where fences were picked and white. If there is a future, it should not be like the past or a brave new world. It should come from present ideas geared to building something that works including a fair equity for work.
Yes, thats true. But by buying and selling on the stock market, companies can avoid paying taxes and giving their fair share. And we now have a system where so many people are making money off of money and contributing nothing. If these people that trade billions of worthless electronic money everyday were forced to pay a percentage of that, it would create a massive pool of revenue that could go to infrastructure and social programs.
There is something fundamentally wrong with the economy. Yes, that is true. The top 1% has more wealth that the bottom 95%. That is the problem. The gap between rich and poor is greater in this country than in any other western country. That is the problem. The economy is not democratic. It does not benefit the public at large. There are no social rights here. That is the problem.
@RealTime88 Regulations have hurt good people more than anything else. Even if the regulations were written to protect the consumer against the corporation, they'll soon be subverted or amended to help the corporation. The problem is the corporations dictate the regulations - which are designed to hurt any potential competitors. So onerous regulations make it impossible for small businesses to compete, and less competition means the corporations can do what they please. The govt works for corps.
No it's not, they suffered an inflation crisis in 15th and 16th centuries. Back then it was based on Spain's discovery of large deposits of rare metals in the Americas, causing the rate of currency available rising faster than goods produced... aka inflation.
You can't argue with the results of his appointment. You can't expect to say that a government composed of ex-oil men, or office-holders who have been sitting on the boards of many oil companies, have not in some way been compromised, and that it is just a coincidence that drilling is pushed in a place of outstanding beauty and top oil-producing countries are invaded
@megagagnon1 I remember Peter Schiff talking about that. In order to stop small businesses from being able to grow and compete against the major corps, they pay legislators to put in regulation to stop that competition.
It's ignorant trust of the government that allowed certain parties to abuse capitalism. Informed trust on the other hand would have prevented a lot of this. However it seems that most Americans don't care too much about being informed. Question everything your government does, someone has to keep them in check cause they aren't going to do it themselves.
I guess Charlie forgot all about his interview with Sir James Goldsmith, if you haven't heard, don't miss it, just google it, an Mp3 on open source audio, he tells it all, how we got here and how, NAFTA and GATTA
THIS is an actual interview compared to that poor excuse of journalism that Sean Hannity tried to portray. Where the interviewer tries to get the point of view of an award-winning documenter rather than spend the whole segment on proving him wrong on what he researched.
that is Micheal Moore he is a controversial film maker he has made a lot of controversail documentery by many people films like Bowling For Colibine Ferienheight 911, Sicko, The Big One, Captitalism A Love Story, Roger And Me and other movies
I'm really hoping that Capitalism: A Love Story comes to Guam. We don't get many documentary films in theaters on Guam, but both Sicko and F. 911 came and so I'm crossing my fingers for Capitalism too.
I think he is great! So what if he has made millions in the process he still speaks the truth. He made the money by doing some good which is more than most rich people I know!
Moore does not tell it how it really is. People made a choice to borrow money off their house not because it was a bank but because they needed to pay off their short term debt..the type of debt his father would have shunned. He is comparing apples and oranges.
Right.The German do so too,they don`t Prodouce expsenive in thier own Country,they let Prodouce cheap in other Country`s.But the Quantity push the Quality down.
@heartfire451 Our problems stem from centralizing power - something our founders warned us against. An overly powerful central government and centralized banking have enabled the people at the top of the pyramid to rig the game. A decentralized power structure, like we had before the Civil War, where the states were in many ways as strong as the federal government, made it harder for the powerful few to take charge. Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. We're losing our freedom.
Actually, I watched that and there are a lot of fallacies in there that with a bit of research you'll uncover. Firstly, healthcare in the US was a lot better before the 1960s when the government started to get involved. Coincidentally, this is the same with education. Since the 1960s, costs have risen and quality declined on average. Secondly, the hospitals that they visited in Cuba were not the ones for civilians. Of course, Moore isn't going to say this. /watch?v=pKkk8rGFB8o
Capitalism being exploitative is not recent. Perhaps that is a good rhetorical tool for Michael to use, making a concession which garners favour with those who oppose his ideas. But it is contradictory to the evidence. Also, it astounds me that Michael still engages with the Republican/Democrat dichotomy, and places trust in Obama. I like him though, I think he's a good man and a good filmmaker.
@megagagnon1 Not even towards Haiti which I hope we adopt one day but that's another story. Do you think it's wrong that big business should be regulated so they don't screw good people in America?
It amazes me that people can use the word 'stupider' in an argument and think they will be taken seriously. NO ONE will respect your opinion if you cannot grasp the language you are trying to convey your points with!
Well 1million is ridiculous. I am not advocating that. Not many people deserve a million dollars a year, because not many people contribute 1million dollars worth in value to society. But these people deserve a living wage. All people who work in this country deserve a wage that they can live on without having to work 2 jobs, without working ridiculous hours, without sacrificing their health, their children's future, their retirement.
Capitalism is a love story for Michael Moore he's made how much engaging in the capitalism he continually knocks? He also has caused more problems than he solved in Flint, Mi. Q: How much of what Moore preaches does he practice? A: very little to none at all. According to the book "Do as I say, Not as I do."
If we all had a living wage we would not have to worry about the price of eggs. We could do this if we stopped policing the globe and stopped allowing CEO's and bankers to make absolutely outrageous salaries that no one deserves. And also if we put 1 1% tax on stock transactions, which is the only area of the economy where people pay no taxes.
Truth is simple~eternal & unchanging~existing without promotion and evident by the harmonic vibrations that permeate space and time. It comes to us in small pieces and is easily dismissed by entities that , for example, would walk into a peaceful scene carrying a ghetto blaster at warp volume with no harmony or coolness whatsoever. My advice to the obvious trolls I see here, is to seek it and hang on to every grain of it that you can sense with your chaotic pseudo-existential attitude...G%
Moore is the man...
...If only other wealthy people understood the importance of benevolence...than maybe we wouldn't be in this "depression" in the first place...
...KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHT, Mr. Moore...
...We are proud to have you on our side.
Sincerely,
The AMERICAN Working-Poor.
I love how Charlie Rose played the ACTUAL TRAILER of Michael Moore's documentary than Sean Hannity whom just played misleading and random clips from it.
charlie rose is great, unlike mainstream tv, his show is long enough to talk about things in depth, not just talking points and sound bites.
I wish all stations had the class of public broadcasting.
Wow, it's like Michael Moore is predicting the future in this interview. Here in 2012 a lot of what he mentioned has come to fruition.
Good interview. General Motors was a good lesson in Economics 101. Send the factories overseas, put people out of work, they can't afford the cars, company goes bankrupt.
I watched this episode on Charlie Rose and like most of Charlie Rose's interviews was very informative. Charlie is the classiest guy of them all; no fanfare, no confrontation.
good interview, thanks for putting it up here
Far better interview than the one with Hannity. Moore is much more consistent here and on message. Congrats!
can any1 help me with what is the article name michael was referring to at 9:00 ?
the movie is excellent, not as great as Bowling for Columbine, but very informative and entertaining.
notgrillo collector/ gamer Let's not forget Sicko.
The system our economy is now under is no longer capitalism. Nor is it a free market system. It's corporatism; aka fascism. The government is being hugely influenced, if not controlled, by the mega-corporations, which use various tactics to get legislation passed that favor their activities, keep so-called regulatory agenicies from interfering with them, and inhibit competition. Included in this is the private corporation to which Congress has given much of its mandate and authority regarding money and the economy, the Federal Reserve.
I can't get the video to play!!!! :-(
The wonders of the patriot act... Michael Moore is a patriot who acts!!!
@rumco
That is sort of the point he is making in the movie...or did you not even bother to watch it before commenting on it?
as a person who still has a job in this nation, labor has been cut, and productivity per each person has gone up. The people in charge do expect more work for less.
I think there are some pernicious effects of capitalism, a good idea in theory, but in practice there are a lot of bumps in the road. It's sad to think that the middle class is decimated. It certainly is much harder to put a kid through college these days. We are living in a debt ridden society.
@Boomoutgothelights I wonder if he will make one about Occupy.
If Hollywood ever makes a Family Guy movie,
Michael Moore should be cast as Peter.
Hes very smart.
I agree!! Best documentary filmmaker ever. Funny, genius, articulate and brave.
+ApocalypticStorms If only America was run by these two.
Why is Mike Moores home for sale? Is yours? U got nuked U prayed. kim jong buy out.
@megagagnon1 No commericals either. That is a plus too. Are you a Michael Moore fan?
@lnorthstarl What is your favorite Moore film?
@megagagnon1 In most businesses I agree with you but in the healthcare industry should the goal be about making money or the patients?
I love you Michael Moore. You're the most intelligent american guy I've ever seen. Thank you for sicko. You've shown to all us how much shit there is in our health care system.
Is this channel by the real Michael Moore?
FDR is a hero of mine too. One of the best presidents we ever had!!!
Thank you Michael Moore. I've seen the movie twice - it's stunning.
Stupid people needn't bother.
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It's Funny Watching This In 2018!
@macgeek21 Do you like PBS macgeek21? I like your screename by the way.
Michael's message is so simple and clear. he is truly looking at these issues with america's best interests in mind.
how can this be allowed? im not in america, or american, but i sure hope you americans revolt and do what you can to take your country back.
Credit Default Swaps are: INSURANCE for banks and financial service companies if their loans go bad (default).
The financial service corporations can NOT call it INSURANCE (or it will be relegated by different laws). So they called it Credit Default Swaps.
It's a racket!
wow, I haven't seen an american interview that refreshing in....forever!
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own neccessities but of their advantages."
~Adam Smith
$250 Million box office for ONE movie and he "wants to share the profits, IF THERE ARE ANY" lol
sorry michael we do actually have a democratic economic system. every purchase is a democratic vote. the consumer has sovereignty. the businesses who dont please consumers go out of business and the ones who please them become successful
I know about Ron Paul. I voted for him in the Republican primary in '08. Because he was the only honest and smart Republican and he predicted the crash. And then I voted for Ralph Nader in the general election because he actually works for the little guy. You should look up Nader's speech at The Egg in Albany, NY on here, which I went to. It was excellent.
The fact is that last November the people spoke through votes and put Democrats as the majority in Congress and the White House, in part, to have healthcare for all. If we don't get healthcare for all then we don't have Democracy. We just have paid off politicians that exact an oligarchy, which is a form of dictatorship. Democracy should matter more your side of the issue as individuals.
you should start paying for your own private police, fire department, etc, then.
Michael Moore for President 2012.
Thank you.
What's wrong with the video?
Moore's assertion that the middle class 'didn't exist before' industrialists like Henry Ford provided adequate wages is incorrect.
Moore know what movie to make next! I guarantee it
The difference there is that by me paying for food for myself I am not robbing anyone of benefits or overtime. That is the price of eggs. By evading taxes and not allowing unions, the companies are not giving back their bit to society and are exploiting their workers.
25:15 - He says, "these tea bagging things" lol
I have often wondered how capitalism and democracy can co-exist with each other as they seem to be each other's nemesis.
Moore almost gets it, but the solution isn't more government. Government will only escalate the problem. Notice how the problem has gotten worse while the government has expanded over the past decade.
@all028 what so as a catholic, he is obliged to agree with every single other catholic?
@themooddisorders I have to agree. One of the greatest bands of all time.
THIS VIDEO WAS RECORDED THE DAY I WAS BORN. IN MICHIGAN.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Boys I searched up my birthday at this was first
Millionare/billionare CEOs to us common folk:
"LET THEM EAT CAKE!"
Thanks Mike, please keep making films to educate people.
@JImmy4336 I'd vote for Michael Moore!! He's a genius!!
@kepstein8888 I was more depressed to hear he is considering not making documentaries anymore. He is the best at this.
good video, MICHAEL MOORE FOR PRESIDENT
No, I meant 1%. Thats not much. It has been done before. Right now though there is no tax on it. You can buy a billion dollar company on the stock market and pay absolutely no taxes. That is not right, when the average consumer has to pay on everything.
REM is awesome
Aa always!!
As much as I like Michel everything needs to move forward not back, if we are to progress we can’t romanticize a time where fences were picked and white. If there is a future, it should not be like the past or a brave new world. It should come from present ideas geared to building something that works including a fair equity for work.
Gabe Newell could be his long lost brother.
Everyone needs to stop playing the blame game. The more you waste your time arguing about whose fault it is, the less time you have to correct things.
Yes, thats true. But by buying and selling on the stock market, companies can avoid paying taxes and giving their fair share. And we now have a system where so many people are making money off of money and contributing nothing. If these people that trade billions of worthless electronic money everyday were forced to pay a percentage of that, it would create a massive pool of revenue that could go to infrastructure and social programs.
@mshineshare i lOVe the simpsuns.. " did i do thats???" hahalol
There is something fundamentally wrong with the economy. Yes, that is true. The top 1% has more wealth that the bottom 95%. That is the problem. The gap between rich and poor is greater in this country than in any other western country. That is the problem. The economy is not democratic. It does not benefit the public at large. There are no social rights here. That is the problem.
@RealTime88 Regulations have hurt good people more than anything else. Even if the regulations were written to protect the consumer against the corporation, they'll soon be subverted or amended to help the corporation. The problem is the corporations dictate the regulations - which are designed to hurt any potential competitors. So onerous regulations make it impossible for small businesses to compete, and less competition means the corporations can do what they please. The govt works for corps.
No it's not, they suffered an inflation crisis in 15th and 16th centuries. Back then it was based on Spain's discovery of large deposits of rare metals in the Americas, causing the rate of currency available rising faster than goods produced... aka inflation.
You can't argue with the results of his appointment. You can't expect to say that a government composed of ex-oil men, or office-holders who have been sitting on the boards of many oil companies, have not in some way been compromised, and that it is just a coincidence that drilling is pushed in a place of outstanding beauty and top oil-producing countries are invaded
@megagagnon1 I remember Peter Schiff talking about that. In order to stop small businesses from being able to grow and compete against the major corps, they pay legislators to put in regulation to stop that competition.
It's ignorant trust of the government that allowed certain parties to abuse capitalism. Informed trust on the other hand would have prevented a lot of this. However it seems that most Americans don't care too much about being informed. Question everything your government does, someone has to keep them in check cause they aren't going to do it themselves.
Thanks
I guess Charlie forgot all about his interview with Sir James Goldsmith, if you haven't heard, don't miss it, just google it, an Mp3 on open source
audio, he tells it all, how we got here and how, NAFTA and GATTA
Millionare/billionare CEOs to us common folk:
LET THEM EAT CAKE
Moore should make a film about elite mass media
Is that the same G. B Shaw (George Bernard Shaw) who went to the USSR and thought it was better than the West 1915fas??
They relocate to pay lower taxes Or no taxes. Not b/c they can't afford to pay their workers fairly, but because they are greedy and want more.
This country has become a corporation. 1% people are as rich as rest of the 99% of the population. ----------- +1
THIS is an actual interview compared to that poor excuse of journalism that Sean Hannity tried to portray. Where the interviewer tries to get the point of view of an award-winning documenter rather than spend the whole segment on proving him wrong on what he researched.
that is Micheal Moore he is a controversial film maker he has made a lot of controversail documentery by many people films like Bowling For Colibine Ferienheight 911, Sicko, The Big One, Captitalism A Love Story, Roger And Me and other movies
Michael always nails it, and republicans hate him with passion for it. The truth hurts, and is pretty sad.
I'm really hoping that Capitalism: A Love Story comes to Guam. We don't get many documentary films in theaters on Guam, but both Sicko and F. 911 came and so I'm crossing my fingers for Capitalism too.
Love Michael he is a true blue American
I think he is great! So what if he has made millions in the process he still speaks the truth. He made the money by doing some good which is more than most rich people I know!
It's funny your solution to a cancerous tumour is a giant cancerous tumour making device.
Moore does not tell it how it really is. People made a choice to borrow money off their house not because it was a bank but because they needed to pay off their short term debt..the type of debt his father would have shunned. He is comparing apples and oranges.
-"where is our money?"
-"i dont know"
-hehe
Right.The German do so too,they don`t Prodouce expsenive in thier own Country,they let Prodouce cheap in other Country`s.But the Quantity push the Quality down.
@heartfire451 Our problems stem from centralizing power - something our founders warned us against. An overly powerful central government and centralized banking have enabled the people at the top of the pyramid to rig the game. A decentralized power structure, like we had before the Civil War, where the states were in many ways as strong as the federal government, made it harder for the powerful few to take charge. Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. We're losing our freedom.
Actually, I watched that and there are a lot of fallacies in there that with a bit of research you'll uncover.
Firstly, healthcare in the US was a lot better before the 1960s when the government started to get involved. Coincidentally, this is the same with education. Since the 1960s, costs have risen and quality declined on average.
Secondly, the hospitals that they visited in Cuba were not the ones for civilians. Of course, Moore isn't going to say this. /watch?v=pKkk8rGFB8o
Capitalism being exploitative is not recent. Perhaps that is a good rhetorical tool for Michael to use, making a concession which garners favour with those who oppose his ideas. But it is contradictory to the evidence. Also, it astounds me that Michael still engages with the Republican/Democrat dichotomy, and places trust in Obama. I like him though, I think he's a good man and a good filmmaker.
Then why did you bother?
@megagagnon1 Not even towards Haiti which I hope we adopt one day but that's another story. Do you think it's wrong that big business should be regulated so they don't screw good people in America?
It amazes me that people can use the word 'stupider' in an argument and think they will be taken seriously. NO ONE will respect your opinion if you cannot grasp the language you are trying to convey your points with!
@all028 Maybe the Pope disagreed with Reagan too. The Catholic Church is pretty mixed politically.
@gopconservative78 So you wouldn't mind if Flint was destroyed as a town tomorrow?
they say when 2 moles come out of there holes at the same time your in for a decade of darkness
Well 1million is ridiculous. I am not advocating that. Not many people deserve a million dollars a year, because not many people contribute 1million dollars worth in value to society.
But these people deserve a living wage. All people who work in this country deserve a wage that they can live on without having to work 2 jobs, without working ridiculous hours, without sacrificing their health, their children's future, their retirement.
Go Mike! :)
Capitalism is a love story for Michael Moore he's made how much engaging in the capitalism he continually knocks? He also has caused more problems than he solved in Flint, Mi. Q: How much of what Moore preaches does he practice? A: very little to none at all. According to the book "Do as I say, Not as I do."
If we all had a living wage we would not have to worry about the price of eggs. We could do this if we stopped policing the globe and stopped allowing CEO's and bankers to make absolutely outrageous salaries that no one deserves. And also if we put 1 1% tax on stock transactions, which is the only area of the economy where people pay no taxes.
Truth is simple~eternal & unchanging~existing without promotion and evident by the harmonic vibrations that permeate space and time. It comes to us in small pieces and is easily dismissed by entities that , for example, would walk into a peaceful scene carrying a ghetto blaster at warp volume with no harmony or coolness whatsoever.
My advice to the obvious trolls I see here, is to seek it and hang on to every grain of it that you can sense with your chaotic pseudo-existential attitude...G%