Michael Moore's TV Nation - The Michigan Militia

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  • Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
  • After the Oklahoma City bombing in 1993, Michael Moore's TV Nation visited the Michigan Militia and encouraged them to put down their arms and participate in democracy. Militia Commander Norm Olsen bakes a cake, and later the Militia members travel to a local carnival where they ride the Ferris Wheel and sing "Kumbaya."

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  • @veronicavarela2041
    @veronicavarela2041 3 года назад +124

    I take my hat out to you Michael for your convictions and compassion, thank you for trying to make this world a better place ❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @pastushi2883
      @pastushi2883 3 года назад

      Absolutely well said :))

    • @AtomMoon
      @AtomMoon 3 года назад +1

      😂

    • @pastushi2883
      @pastushi2883 3 года назад

      @Michael Standing Who cares, everybody understood

    • @danieldeblasio9368
      @danieldeblasio9368 3 года назад +2

      You make me want to puke!🤮

    • @pastushi2883
      @pastushi2883 3 года назад

      @@danieldeblasio9368 Don't worry, some injected Lysol cures that in a second ;))

  • @hhheee3939
    @hhheee3939 3 года назад +408

    FBI agent: So, tell me why did you want to do the terrorism things?
    Suspects: sHe WaS mAkiNg uS WeAr MaSkS!!!

    • @AdamWestish
      @AdamWestish 3 года назад +35

      Snowflake conservative cucks are _always_ easily repressed... by a 3" piece of fabric on their face and not being able to hug.

    • @Claytone-Records
      @Claytone-Records 3 года назад +8

      Oh, the tragic tale of our fallen...stooges.

    • @jimiplayscobo5877
      @jimiplayscobo5877 3 года назад +5

      @@Claytone-Records I hope your not referring to Iggy and the Stooges LOL

    • @crazy4milsurps
      @crazy4milsurps 3 года назад +3

      There are thousands of legitimate reasons, the mask is just another thorn

    • @jimiplayscobo5877
      @jimiplayscobo5877 3 года назад +19

      @@crazy4milsurps Funny thing is doctors and Nurses have been wearing masks since the last Pandemic and I've Never heard of one falling ill from wearing one

  • @Praisethesunson
    @Praisethesunson 3 года назад +208

    It's funny cause guys like this were just arrested for trying to kill/kidnap the governor of that state.

    • @Jason-im3mf
      @Jason-im3mf 3 года назад +17

      Ummm why do you think this was released with a reference to World News with Peter Jennings. Imagine what they've become since...

    • @christinestange4813
      @christinestange4813 3 года назад +4

      @@Jason-im3mf Yep ....now they get it 👍

    • @timothyletwin5911
      @timothyletwin5911 3 года назад +12

      That's why Moore put this video up.

    • @jameswilliams3001
      @jameswilliams3001 3 года назад +3

      Lol that's fucking crazy!!

    • @lisamay5649
      @lisamay5649 3 года назад +13

      Those militia guys only wanted their 7 minutes and 47 seconds of fame to be alongside Michael Moore who made them famous. They don't care about peace and love. They are trained killers and gun toters and most likely extreme right-wing fascists. Nice try, Michael.

  • @tarot_esoterica_with_erin
    @tarot_esoterica_with_erin 3 года назад +211

    I appreciate that a conversation was happening and everyone was participating. We need more of that.

    • @lisamay5649
      @lisamay5649 3 года назад +11

      Only the first baby step. It will take a whole mental paradigm shift with dudes like that. Counter brainwashing takes a lot of time and effort -- ONLY if those types are willing to open their minds and listen.

    • @ArtisticlyAlexis
      @ArtisticlyAlexis 3 года назад +8

      @@lisamay5649 There's some ex-nazis/white supremacists who run organizations committed to deprogramming these types. There's also a good 30% of our population that needs to be deprogrammed at this moment, completely consumed by the cult of Trump. I truly believe that there should be a public service set up to help teach people deprogramming skills to help their friends and family members who belong to the Trumpist cult and/or been radicalized during his reign of terror.

    • @elaineluikart5459
      @elaineluikart5459 3 года назад +7

      @@ArtisticlyAlexis don't these guys realize it's the Republicans who keep wages down and taxes on middle class up.

    • @yohon8977
      @yohon8977 3 года назад +3

      @@ArtisticlyAlexis I believe that is exactly what needs to happen that's a great idea! Fox News has to go as well.

    • @glynjones7637
      @glynjones7637 3 года назад +1

      Good call

  • @doniphanlindsayblair
    @doniphanlindsayblair 3 года назад +16

    Michael Moore’s greatest piece, pure humility and tolerance when dealing with his troubled neighbors., lovely, uplifting.

    • @Kamamura2
      @Kamamura2 3 года назад

      Yeah, I thought watching the video - how can you not love him? Guys like him give me hope, which is rare in today's world of tribes barricaded in stern ideological positions, armed to the teeth.

  • @toddschneck6780
    @toddschneck6780 3 года назад +251

    Mr. Moore, not only are your movies timeless, but they just get better with time!

    • @christinet6336
      @christinet6336 3 года назад +1

      Agreed!

    • @paulrevere2928
      @paulrevere2928 3 года назад +1

      Especially the one that shows that the Columbine School shooting was a STAGED Media Event starring Trey Parker and Matt Stone of SOUTHPARK!

    • @superchew9121
      @superchew9121 3 года назад +5

      @@paulrevere2928 Wtf are you talking about. The only thing Matt Stone had to do with Columbine was the interview in the movie, and he did that because HE IS FROM COLUMBINE. I seriously hope you're joking or you are as stupid as the militia members in this video.

    • @OphiuchiChannel
      @OphiuchiChannel 3 года назад +1

      @@paulrevere2928 ermm u trolling I hope?

    • @lylejames965
      @lylejames965 3 года назад +2

      Especially planet of the humans...when a far lefty like Moore can expose renewable energy industry for what it is and not be listened too...people still out for their solar panels and windmills....

  • @slicktop2jz855
    @slicktop2jz855 3 года назад +43

    As an Aussie, this is just so weird.

    • @bustedfender
      @bustedfender 3 года назад +5

      UK too...

    • @digger1610
      @digger1610 3 года назад +2

      Yep, as a fellow aussie I agree with you completely!

    • @stayinalive9434
      @stayinalive9434 3 года назад +4

      As a US citizen, this is way weird and very terrifying.

    • @juliansmith4295
      @juliansmith4295 3 года назад +4

      As a Canadian, I hope the border stays closed for a long, long time.

    • @patrickchilds2987
      @patrickchilds2987 3 года назад +4

      Slicktop 2jz
      I always find it strange that Americans despite being the biggest military power in the world are seemingly frightened by everything. Listening to the content and reading some posters comments they are scared that someone will invade them, they are always talking about the threat of terrorism, the Chinese, the Russians are out to get them, Mexicans massing on the borders, possible civil war, tyranny or some description. If I were to list my national concerns today , I doubt any of these would get into my top 10. Americans just need to stop buying into this fear narrative put out by media and interest parties, the truth is not everyone hates them, not everyone is plotting against them and not everyone thinks about them constantly.

  • @lauriebolles3149
    @lauriebolles3149 3 года назад +30

    I use to sing and play my guitar at the Youth/ Adult Council Coffee House held in the basement of the Saugatuck Congregational Church. "If I had a Hammer' sung by Peter, Paul and Mary was one of them. Honest I sang that just this morning. Michael 'We the People' all have our stories, thank you for letting them tell them.
    When I was 20/21 I bought a 2 Month Bus pass, put hikingboots on my feet and Backpack on my back and went across the Northern States. Long story we have an amazing country, lets keep it that way. To my sisters and brothers please vote! Vote.org.

  • @seaside1454
    @seaside1454 3 года назад +35

    I wonder when reality will hit? These militia members will sit in prison for a good long time. Was it worth it?

  • @OofieDooples
    @OofieDooples 3 года назад +46

    I remember seeing this as a little kid. Michael is a savage for uploading this now.

    • @tinaeden8317
      @tinaeden8317 3 года назад +4

      I thought MM looked a lot younger in this video. Thanks for mentioning its "era."

    • @bradleyweiss1089
      @bradleyweiss1089 3 года назад

      sonnick Yes. The left continues unabated to riot loot burn kill and is abetted by people in high places.

    • @TheDecidicator
      @TheDecidicator 3 года назад

      @@bradleyweiss1089 Tim McVeigh was a righty. So are these guys in camouflage

    • @bradleyweiss1089
      @bradleyweiss1089 3 года назад

      He’s a savage even if he didn’t upload this video.

    • @bradleyweiss1089
      @bradleyweiss1089 3 года назад +1

      @@TheDecidicator Ever hear of the deep state? Black hats? SES? Started by Carter. Not elected. Won’t go away. Carries on whatever last admin did. Including Carter Clinton Bush’s and Obummer.
      They keep the status quo.

  • @artstrology
    @artstrology 3 года назад +99

    Militia are supposed to be under the command of the governor to be legal, or the president, but if the president orders them to act against the governor, that would be insurrection or treason in the current circumstances.

    • @lovely-mk4rt
      @lovely-mk4rt 3 года назад +1

      Sedition

    • @artstrology
      @artstrology 3 года назад +3

      @@lovely-mk4rt Sedition implies , to rebel, but falls short of activity that leads to death or an active intention that seeks to overthrow the duly elected in a democracy, and actually applies more closely to Monarchy than what we have in the US which is supposed to be unique. It is an experiment. The government here is by the people for the people based on simple majority, and to target a governor, on behalf of a federal president, for unfounded reasons is Treason or Insurrection. Perhaps one could say if a Governor incited a riot or rebellion against the federal level targeting a specific individual, it would perhaps be considered sedition. If A governor targeted the IDEA of the federal authority it is Treason or Insurrection. We have a President who targeted a Governor based purely on politics and misogyny , it is an attack on the republic standard, Treason or Insurrection.

    • @artstrology
      @artstrology 3 года назад +9

      @MrMike5814 Sort of, but I can't remember any president acting in such a blatant divisive manner as this one.
      I suppose the war on drugs would be the worst instance before this,.many of the modern militia's started under Obama, because a bunch of cowards freaked out at a black president. Ask Texas.

    • @crazy4milsurps
      @crazy4milsurps 3 года назад +2

      Wrong

    • @crazy4milsurps
      @crazy4milsurps 3 года назад +3

      Op you are thinking of the National Guard not the same as the militia.

  • @joshuaarnold4083
    @joshuaarnold4083 3 года назад +24

    It’s not liberals vs conservatives, it’s the American people vs the two parties of the oligarchs

    • @truetech4158
      @truetech4158 3 года назад +2

      It's those who claim that war$ and pandemics produce afterlives, vs those who claim that they do not.

    • @bicyclist2
      @bicyclist2 3 года назад +2

      Amen!

    • @joshuaarnold4083
      @joshuaarnold4083 3 года назад +3

      True Tech American wars are fought to benefit the wealthy, the pandemic was used to fleece the American people for the wealthy (trillions of dollars stolen, just like in the 2008 “bailouts”). The religious vs not religious idea is part of the culture wars, that is, the marketing the Democrats and Republicans use to divide us in order to keep raping us for the rich.

    • @GurgaGeorgiTaylor
      @GurgaGeorgiTaylor 3 года назад +2

      Joshua Arnold ~ time for a 3rd party? What baffles most outsiders is why Bernie & others just drop out of running? Seems fishy stinky to most?

    • @glasrazuma933
      @glasrazuma933 Год назад

      No it isn't. This is exactly how that clown Trump won. Democrats are far better than GOP and liberals are far more resolved to fight for the ordinary people than conservatives.

  • @madbug1965
    @madbug1965 3 года назад +33

    If only all our disagreements can be discussed over cake.

  • @joanneadahk124
    @joanneadahk124 3 года назад +19

    Thank you Michael❣😷✊

  • @g.stephens263
    @g.stephens263 3 года назад +20

    I wonder how many of these yahoos would be active in their 'militias' if they had an 80,000 dollar a year job?!

    • @Adamorevo
      @Adamorevo 3 года назад

      @I'm Right Typical idiot that the point flies above your head.

    • @RuleofFive
      @RuleofFive 3 года назад

      Its a good point you make. Economic hardship always breeds extremism. I think I heard one of the men say he lost his job.

  • @andreadaerice
    @andreadaerice 3 года назад +15

    Fascinating, and thank you for reminding us that they are human too... This is the kind of bridge-building we need. Thanks, Mike.

  • @nadiaalexan6442
    @nadiaalexan6442 3 года назад +8

    I love Michael Moore. He comes up with the most original ideas. Bravo!

    • @cv507
      @cv507 Год назад

      like disärming peopell ? hitlair dydd that v??v

  • @christinestange4813
    @christinestange4813 3 года назад +14

    Timely. Thanks Michael.

  • @tubehound8
    @tubehound8 3 года назад +19

    Thank you. I'm in Michael. Stay safe

  • @samanthamariefreeman335
    @samanthamariefreeman335 3 года назад +28

    BRAVO Michael Moore! You hit it outta the park! Awesome!

  • @reneelyndamartinez1362
    @reneelyndamartinez1362 3 года назад +36

    This was FABULOUS 💙

  • @politicalfoolishness7491
    @politicalfoolishness7491 3 года назад +9

    I give this a thumbs up because it is a dialog but there is a lot of merit in being suspicious if not convinced the government has been up to no good against their own people.

  • @sandystern1618
    @sandystern1618 3 года назад +21

    Mike, nice try. Those r some ignorant, angry little boys. When does their psychotherapy start?

    • @devinrybarz1508
      @devinrybarz1508 3 года назад

      After federal sentencing, and right after cell assignment

  • @Claytone-Records
    @Claytone-Records 3 года назад +7

    It is so comforting to see this man decorating a cake.

  • @LDrumsOhio
    @LDrumsOhio 3 года назад +5

    This show was really ahead of it's time when it premiered. I watched it when it was live and it was very informative, and amusing at the same time.

  • @texajp1946
    @texajp1946 3 года назад +67

    perfect timing, thanks MM, you are a true patriot

    • @brandiago
      @brandiago 3 года назад +1

      Here is one of the men arrested. He is Brandon Caserta, and he is an anarchist, hence left-wing. Take a look.
      ruclips.net/video/VJSf-nO8A5s/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/2hjRjjBX9ls/видео.html

    • @texajp1946
      @texajp1946 3 года назад +3

      Blank Blank socialists can be patriots and real Americans too

    • @granmabern5283
      @granmabern5283 3 года назад

      brandiago your video is blocked.

  • @richardhn6481
    @richardhn6481 3 года назад +7

    "It wasn't going to be easy getting him to go the route of Gandhi." Perfect!

  • @The_General_Zubas
    @The_General_Zubas 3 года назад +44

    7:45 This world needs more Peacemakers.

  • @marbury2403
    @marbury2403 3 года назад +44

    Militia sounds overly formal. Weren't they just a gang?

    • @katiedid1851
      @katiedid1851 3 года назад +1

      That is what they call their organization. Please note- Michigan has been losing blue-collar jobs, auto plants for 40 years. No provision is made, except for limited unemployment benefits tor the survival of these men, women and families.

    • @frankthespank
      @frankthespank 3 года назад +1

      ‘Cause then we’d glorify them and make neat “raps” about them and they’d have to do random shootings in the streets where children catch stray bullets etc. and when anyone holds their feet to the fire.... RACISTS!!! YOU’RE ALL RACISTS!!!
      Can’t make them “cool”... they’re the bad guys.

    • @DrZaius3141
      @DrZaius3141 3 года назад +2

      Two corrections:
      They ARE (not were) a TERRORIST gang. Not just any gang.

    • @yoda55555
      @yoda55555 3 года назад +1

      They are not blacks to be called or thugs, not muslims to be called terrorists, they are not latino to be called gangs. They are good ole boys that might go and shoot and kill everybody and still be good ole boys that lost their minds because of a Minority like Obama.

  • @MrEnaric
    @MrEnaric 3 года назад +28

    Brave of you to show this again, bravo though, glad you did! The situation is extremely tense right now; to many madmen with guns, also outsíde the WH. Be careful Michael, we need you more than ever!

    • @bradleyweiss1089
      @bradleyweiss1089 3 года назад +2

      And be careful in the kitchen. Looks like it’s going to be the death of you.

  • @denabrown4342
    @denabrown4342 3 года назад +59

    I am truly sorry to see so many men from Michigan and Ohio supporting these militias. Dayton, Ohio had a visit from Indiana's Grand Cyclops in green satin with an entourage of eight others. The City erected barriers, hired extra police costing more than $350,000 for a single day and had little to spend after 15 EF 4 tornadoes hit our town on Memorial Day, 2019. Where I live, Dayton, Ohio, the area is completely doxxed. Then there was a brutal mass shooting on 8/4/2019. Will we ever forget the KKK visit or their sympathizer that killed nine people and injured even more? And now they want to start a Civil War? I am thankful for FBI and their response to this menace, whenever they are found.

    • @cybergothika6906
      @cybergothika6906 3 года назад +6

      Supporting a fantasy is as dangerous as convincing your kids they got superman powers. The only worse thing to happen is suicide.

    • @Cyanidal187
      @Cyanidal187 3 года назад +7

      Blame a government corrupted by corporate influence that has betrayed the working class as the primary reason these men join militias to reclaim sovereignty over their life.

    • @NicoleKisa
      @NicoleKisa 3 года назад +3

      We are operating in survival mode, there are only 1 of 4 options for human beings to choose from when operating in this way: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn. These men did what was human, they recognized the tyranny of their government and they stood against it. Poorly. We should be discussing humanizing our society, not making it less relatable and easier for the psychopaths to continue lying to all of us. Stop blaming your neighbor, if your enemy isn't rich you're fighting on behalf of the rich congratulations. And the beautiful part? They never had to lift a finger, they didn't give you a penny, you will fight and die for the rich on their behalf for nothing against those who wish for you to have a future. Wake up you mother fuckers.

    • @denabrown4342
      @denabrown4342 3 года назад +5

      @@NicoleKisa I am and always have been poverty stricken because of disability! Not everyone has worked for the Rich, they are the evil MFs, like the militia!

    • @cybergothika6906
      @cybergothika6906 3 года назад +6

      @@Cyanidal187 That's exactly the fantasy I was talking about. Dude, you only take on arms when you are persecuted and compressed against the wall, say, like unarmed black people. And even that requires more brains and natural gathering than just some raw rage. The minute you say ''lets go'' the national guard nukes you. This is stupid, fight the rich around that and within, otherwise you will keep living the pathetic world of the likes of Alex Jones and flat-earthers. Become a judge, run for politics, do something with the system you complain so much, but going nuts with guns will only get you back to the 40s and down.

  • @d.t.8465
    @d.t.8465 3 года назад +15

    Heavy sigh...
    #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica2020🦅🇺🇸

  • @karenwilliams978
    @karenwilliams978 3 года назад +45

    We need more political parties. Corporatists make up both Republicans and Democrats. I would like to be able to vote for someone that actually represented my interests.

    • @ritamariekelley4077
      @ritamariekelley4077 3 года назад

      If we all got behind Howie Hawkins, we could have what Bernie promised.

    • @veganleigh4817
      @veganleigh4817 3 года назад +1

      @@ritamariekelley4077 I like Hawkins, but unfortunately, he doesn't have a chance of winning this time around. Right now, I have to agree with Bernie. We need to get rid of trump, so we have to go with Biden. I realize most Hawkins supporters aren't going to vote for Biden. Neither will a lot of Bernie supporters. But every vote that doesn't go to Biden, is essentially a vote for trump. That's how he won in 2016. And it could happen again!

    • @richhauxwell7848
      @richhauxwell7848 3 года назад

      @Roger Lindsey
      Conform or be cast off

    • @mariag.8242
      @mariag.8242 3 года назад

      Run for office, organize, persuade people you trust to run. Don’t shoot anyone

  • @raddish4256
    @raddish4256 3 года назад +15

    This show isn't going to end well.

  • @asktheanimals
    @asktheanimals 3 года назад +4

    Glad there are at least a few comments here that see the depth of this episode. Many just see what they want to see & miss the backstory of how this type of reaction is formed. Thanks, MM.

  • @pedropinheiroaugusto3220
    @pedropinheiroaugusto3220 3 года назад +16

    It would be interesting to find out what happened to all these guys, if they just grew old and grumpier or if they changed their minds and their life.

    • @MrDiddyDee
      @MrDiddyDee 3 года назад +3

      @Deborah Hennessey Yup, but their kids will have grown up surrounded by these ideas. These attitudes get passed on down the generations to todays gun toting Evangelical crazies.

    • @c.a.t4607
      @c.a.t4607 3 года назад

      Norm Olsen might still alive apparently he formed a new militia in Alaska after leaving Michigan..
      www.adn.com/alaska-militias/article/alaskas-most-notorious-militiaman-under-lens/2012/01/21/

  • @Roof_Pizza
    @Roof_Pizza 3 года назад +18

    Ya can't spell wacko without Waco.

  • @DistrustHumans
    @DistrustHumans 3 года назад +7

    This would be an excellent point in time to do a "where are they now?" revisit interview, along with the views of their now-adult grandchildren.

  • @Boobalopbop
    @Boobalopbop 3 года назад +4

    Michael, can you please make this entire series available on Amazon Prime? It was SO great! One of the best was your Westboro Baptist report.

  • @klattalexis
    @klattalexis 3 года назад +7

    If only! Thank you Mr. Moore for trying!!

  • @DetroitMicroSound
    @DetroitMicroSound 3 года назад +84

    Well played Michael! ❤

  • @yuki-dv2wi
    @yuki-dv2wi 3 года назад +38

    oh how little has changed.

  • @glennjarvis2672
    @glennjarvis2672 3 года назад +95

    They sound like a bunch of paranoid fools.

    • @caballosinnombre3981
      @caballosinnombre3981 3 года назад +4

      @Tra Ho broken clocks...

    • @gingercat777
      @gingercat777 3 года назад +4

      Nothing has changed.

    • @galaxyspace76
      @galaxyspace76 3 года назад

      @Tra Ho the feds control it all. that's our US "freedom."

    • @nevermindme8922
      @nevermindme8922 3 года назад

      @Randy Rome people are to brainwashed to see it. They love big daddy government

    • @ericjohnson6665
      @ericjohnson6665 3 года назад +1

      Societies exist in part, to ensure the survival of its members... when any society allows some of its members to be out of work, destitute, it has failed to live up to its purpose for existence. And of course, governments are an extension of society, so the commander was not wrong about the government (politicians with in it) needing a good spanking... we call it voting them out of office, but really, that's not good enough. Campaign finance reform, stripping oligarchs the power to dictate to us who we can vote for, on the other hand, would be a very good thing.

  • @Roof_Pizza
    @Roof_Pizza 3 года назад +52

    Shouldn't they be protecting the duly elected governor? Oh wait.

    • @bicyclist2
      @bicyclist2 3 года назад

      The elections are rigged by Diebold and predetermined.

    • @criticaljim1
      @criticaljim1 3 года назад +13

      In fact, a militia in the US is supposed to be commanded by the Gov. They are supposed to be called by the Gov into action, not independently active

    • @jackstraw262
      @jackstraw262 3 года назад

      Dude this was taped in like 1996. That 58 year old dude is like 84 now. I seriously doubt he was trying to kidnap the governor

    • @patrickvangelder3349
      @patrickvangelder3349 3 года назад +6

      @@jackstraw262 ?? who said it was this guy, the militia still exist, or do you think the boy scouts are still lead by the same guys from 1996?

    • @jackstraw262
      @jackstraw262 3 года назад +5

      Patrick Van Gelder the militia of 2020 and the militia of 1995 are not the same thing at all. In 1995 you had to be vouched for and go on training missions. Today you just make a fb group called _____ militia and invite other fb people to join. Both are larping but the 1995 set had a hierarchy of command that (usually) prevented stupid shit. The 1995 set was a looming threat if the government overreached. The 2020 guys are just trump flag waving idiots

  • @michelemiller3798
    @michelemiller3798 3 года назад +10

    I love Michael Moore! He always has the courage to find & document truth. I was feeling extremely hopeless for our country, sure that violent people - almost ALWAYS far right - would cause a lot of violence & chaos after the election.
    Mike met with these angry, militia men, listened to their stories to understand why they felt & acted as they had. He got them to talk about some of the losses, fear, frustration & pain beneath their anger. He helped them to become aware of & express some of theif grief, which heals. He reminded them how doing fun & funny things, along with singing soulful songs together touches your heart, softens those hearts & brings them back to caring about humanity.
    I'm so proud of him, he's a genuinely good human being & one of my heroes. Help this go viral so hopefully this is the kind of interactions that groups of people start having all over the country!
    BTW, most of the things these men & others like them are angry about are the results of at least 40 years of Republicans in Congress cutting funding for services & programs the middle & lower classes NEED to thrive, indeed to survive: education & training programs, not making sure wages (including our minimum wage) keep up with the cost of living, they've cut before & after school programs - PROVEN to help kids stay in school & do better, Medicare, Medicaid & Social Social Security- which is money that was taken out of every paycheck all of us ever got - yet Congress has only funded it AND Unemployment @ 3% of our $TRILLION national budget! They've weakened or outlawed unions so workers' salaries, working conditions & numbers of hours they have to put in have all suffered. Republicans allowed pharmaceutical companies to charge whatever they wanted to - vs regulating them like Canada does, one being insulin, to the point many people - with or without healthcare ins., can't afford it & die. They rejected a bill for pay equity so everyone gets paid equally for equal work, decreased funding for low income housing, including programs specifically to help veterans re-integrate into society, as many of the homeless are vets from Vietnam & thousands more from the never-ending wars in the Middle East.
    Congress has been doing all this while continuing to 'rescue' the already entitled banks, huge corporations, Wall Street, big oil & the extremely wealthy & drastically cutting their taxes (completely eliminating taxes for some millionaires & Billionaires), not giving incentives for companies to develop & build free & non-polluting wind & solar power, but along with loosening or eliminating the amount of pollution factories can pour into our air, water (rivers, aquifers & oceans) & land; which then of course infects/kills the plants & animals that we eat, which poisons us. They also give incentives to these businesses!
    Republicans in general, definitely those in Congress - & the people who elect them & don't check on or care what their 'representative' is voting for & against - don't believe the racism/sexism/elitism brought by the English colonists from the moment they set foot on this continent became the toxic laws, customs, values & institutions that remain part of our society to this day.
    That toxic legacy is what we must fight against now. Vote out of Congress all those, fascist Republicans or establishment, corporate money-taking Dems, who believe those old English values of 'might makes right' 'every MAN for themselves', that how important you are is literally based on your net worth, that those living in poverty deserve to be there because they're not as smart, they're lazy, they 'lack character'. Yet the majority of the millions of the poor/homeless are women & children, minorities & veterans. These people are subject to discrimination in getting hired, can only get jobs that don't pay a living wage, those who the legal system is biased against.
    The entitled rich forget all the financial help, connections & opportunities that allowed them to easily enrich themselves. They think they're rich because they're better, instead of the truth that they're just luckier.
    If they were smarter they'd realize they need to pay unemployment for those out of work, or who have less hours of work due to COVID19, because their unemployment isn't voluntary, they CAN'T go back to work. So if they don't get money to pay for their apartments/houses, there will be millions more people living on the streets, having lost EVERYTHING, through no fault of their own. Think 'Les Miserables', minus music & it's not theatre. These unemployed people will have few possessions, no food, no water, no shelter, nowhere to go! And of course no medical care & during a pandemic! It will be a chaotic trainwreck, domino style.
    This catastrophe can be avoided, but only if those in Congress treat this as the national emergency that it is. We're a wealthy country which could transfer money from far less important budgets to unemployment insurance, to keep the unemployed in their homes until there's a vaccine for COVID & there are jobs to return to. This would avert a social, medical & economic disaster. Because the main factor that drives a strong economy is 70% consumer spending! It's not the stock market, it's people having money to spend on food, clothes, gas, buy a car, get things that break down fixed, etc., etc.!
    So remind your Congress people that even though they don't care about those who are without an income or the tragedy of losing things they've worked for for years, that they must pay all the unemployed unemployment to SAVE OUR ECONOMY! It's the budget, stupids!
    Congress votes on the budget, it's not written in stone, it reflects Congress' priorities. So what are their priorities, who do they think need the most money for the 2020 fiscal year? Well, a ludicrous 54% goes to 'Defense', WAR actually because no country is going to invade us. So they - the Pentagon, military contractors, the 'black budget'/covert, secret - therefore illegal - military operations ($90 BILLION) & the places that are continuing to make weapons get more than half our entire budget! Got to keep those wars going with 6 or 7 countries in the Middle East, not for democracy or freedom but for greed, oil, the wealthy & for imperialism. And our 150+ bases we have around the world. Cutting black ops alone would free up $90 Billion, boom, right there. And end these never-ending wars immediately because every young man or woman who goes over there will lose their lives (half of those are suicides, either over there or once they've come back), a part of their body & a lot/all their mental health via PTSD. The VA doesn't immediately- if ever - give them the medical care they need!
    Our gov cares about war, not our troops or vets. That'd free up another $300 BILLION to plump up our social safety net, much cheaper/free college ed., single-payer health insurance for all. And of course, to pay back the money Congress has 'borrowed' from Social Security for years AND give $30 Billion or so for Unemployment. Not the puny 3% Congress has seen fit to cut it & Social Security down to. That's not all, not even close, (but I'm almost done). Another of our Congress' priorities over providing the basic human needs of shelter, food, medical care, clothes to our neediest (including kids), is the $60 Billion the NSA gets, whose budget has increased every year. Can you believe that? $60 Billion to record all Americans' data from all our electronic devices, including computers, cell phones, Siri, etc.
    The NSA is a priority to Congress - who are primarily wealthy, white, conservative men! Even after Edward Snowden, a true patriot & courageous whistleblower, came forth with the truth about NSA's surveillance activities after its director, James Clapper, LIED to a Congressional hearing on mass surveillance of Americans. He was asked directly twice if this was being done by the NSA? He answered a firm 'no' both times! Perjury! But Snowden's conscience wouldn't let him stay quiet & now he's a 'traitor' for revealing illegal gov activity. There is NO LEGITIMATE reason for our government gathering data on us. And the other unnecessary 'intelligence'/spy agencies like the FBI, Homeland Security, CIA - who lately have been shown to have played a major role in committing horrific torture on 'suspects' flown to another country.
    So besides hyping up Michael Moore's way of interacting with angry, para-military groups with respect, humor, song, caring & information to turn to better ways of changing what's wrong in our country, I hope you will also call your Congressional representatives to tell them to prioritize all our people's well-being, not war, not spy agencies, not the wealthy, but all our people are your priority!

    • @kathysemrau2301
      @kathysemrau2301 3 года назад

      I have never been so impressed with an comment in a long time. Thank you for pointing out all the details that has suppressed the lower classes of our society. When people are not happy, they fight and make angry decisions. When you never get a good job, and are working three jobs. You have no life, no hope and don't know your future. Before corporate got cheap on their workers and started to break unions, we had hope of a good retirement. We had money in the bank. We had a good health insurance plan. But it's gone now, and the one percent just laugh at our anger. Now we work like crazy all hours of day at half the pay. Our bosses make more money than several large nations put together. I makes me so angry at how the working class is getting a new title the poverty class. The possible new Supreme Court Justice is a true blank republican, give me my money back; and no abortions ladies.

  • @shellyrobillard3074
    @shellyrobillard3074 3 года назад +16

    these boys just need someone to love them. Mike's Militia of LUV.

  • @joannahampton3808
    @joannahampton3808 3 года назад +43

    They really don't know how crazy they are 😕

    • @vegetariansuniteworldwide8091
      @vegetariansuniteworldwide8091 3 года назад +4

      That is what makes them so very dangerous! I live in Michigan and they scared the shit out of me!

    • @oakstgorillas
      @oakstgorillas 3 года назад +1

      or how dumb!

    • @carolinewu4767
      @carolinewu4767 3 года назад +1

      Stupid

    • @talkingaboutchange4973
      @talkingaboutchange4973 3 года назад +2

      Sign of insanity is to not know you are insane - these guys are nut jobs - what will they do without their hero, Trump...

    • @JosephKulik2016
      @JosephKulik2016 3 года назад

      Dear Joanna Hampton: You may think that they're crazy, but they represent a strand of American History. Read about Shay's Rebellion in Massachusetts in 1786. War veterans in rural Western MA got fed up with the merchants in Boston who ran the statehouse and formed armed militias that shut down local courts. They were quickly defeated but it was a factor at the Constitution Convention in forming a strong fed govt that could resist such uprisings of the people. Now it seems to many people that it's gone too far in the other direction. That' where the MI militia and other such right wing groups pick up this historical strand and run with it again. Notice that these guys said nothing about Trump. From a historical perspective, they represent something much bigger than Trump, and they're just using him to achieve their real goal, which is a "government of the people, by the people, and for the people", as they see it. I don't believe in violent revolution myself, but you do need to flush the toilet once in a while, don't you ? ... jkulik919@gmail.com

  • @barbararussell897
    @barbararussell897 3 года назад +2

    Love this!. Thank you Michael for being a peace maker and showing peoples humanity. Thank you!

  • @iamthepantaloon2913
    @iamthepantaloon2913 3 года назад +6

    Thank you Mike, this was so refreshing. I loved your upfront approach. Could it actually be this simple? Love your humor.

  • @gardenboots7464
    @gardenboots7464 3 года назад +1

    Mutual respect and regard for each other. The lack of that is what has gotten America off track.

  • @wolfiesmith7674
    @wolfiesmith7674 3 года назад +15

    Whilst the rest of the world watches this in disbelief....
    The US just shrugs it’s shoulders.

    • @bradleyweiss1089
      @bradleyweiss1089 3 года назад

      They want the US to be like the rest of the world. Well hope you’re happy. Revolution! Riot murder kidnapping. Drugs. Famine. Inflation. Suffering. You got it.

  • @UBETUBEME
    @UBETUBEME 3 года назад +3

    Imagine there’s no country’s no walls no guns were all people live free
    And care for one another
    Imagine of becoming a better kinder human being?
    I wonder if you can
    ☮️🇺🇸🌎 if you want it

  • @The_General_Zubas
    @The_General_Zubas 3 года назад +12

    7:10 At the end of the Day.....
    We are all Human Beings of the Same Race.

    • @kathyclark8274
      @kathyclark8274 3 года назад

      You have the best, most obviously sane response of anyone on here.

  • @JO-mg6xc
    @JO-mg6xc 3 года назад +2

    BRAVO! MICHAEL! You showed why people are mad. Both parties sold them out. We need Bernie to start a third party...

    • @kathyclark8274
      @kathyclark8274 3 года назад

      Bernie believer here too!
      If only . . . .

  • @ewalker1057
    @ewalker1057 3 года назад +6

    So both the left and right find that the Federal government needs to respond to the people. Just have different methods.

    • @marybrown7203
      @marybrown7203 3 года назад +1

      Same destination, different bus routes.

  • @gaetaneguitard7011
    @gaetaneguitard7011 3 года назад +2

    All my respect Mr. Moore.

  • @gunner678
    @gunner678 3 года назад +16

    Why is this allowed? Shameful. What's the difference between the US and Somalia and Afghanistan? Not a lot!

    • @rabiileomar7395
      @rabiileomar7395 3 года назад +4

      You thought you were better than somalia but somalia was ruin by USA remember that

    • @rabiileomar7395
      @rabiileomar7395 3 года назад +2

      What goes around comes around

    • @Prince-dh8oh
      @Prince-dh8oh 3 года назад +1

      The US will soon be rolled by fanatic terrorist war Lord's...

    • @rabiileomar7395
      @rabiileomar7395 3 года назад

      @@Prince-dh8oh all along they ruled but now some of them wants to be known official title of war lordism

    • @gunner678
      @gunner678 3 года назад

      @@rabiileomar7395 I absolutely agree with you! It's wrong!

  • @christinet6336
    @christinet6336 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for posting this clip. What's super sad is that we have a government that has never done right by all of its people all of the time. If the majority of Americans (regardless of race, religion, gender, etc.) had access to good jobs that paid a decent living wage and offered work/life balance, strong public school education, affordable public college education, affordable healthcare, healthy/whole non-pesticide laden food, and beautiful and accessible public spaces there probably wouldn't be the militias, crimes, racism and anti-government sentiment that exists. There will always be some crazy people out there who will do whatever whenever and are unable to be reasoned with, but the vast majority of people simply want to live quality lives with dignity for themselves and their families.

    • @GurgaGeorgiTaylor
      @GurgaGeorgiTaylor 3 года назад

      Christine T - the way world sees it and say aloud is america sold the america you want to China as it had fighting for oil to do and WAR became the main industry business schooling and the air you breath ~ unfortunately EU had to stand back, standby till needed to assist! We all had to then assist! Now the enemy is the friend n friend is enemy? Wt? Go figure?

  • @gmbrat2002
    @gmbrat2002 3 года назад +16

    I think a couple hours at "Mike's Militia" would do us all some good.

    • @adambrickell6425
      @adambrickell6425 3 года назад

      Yeah, if you want to live in fantasy land! I trust the militias more than I do BLM or Antifa!

    • @bradleyweiss1089
      @bradleyweiss1089 3 года назад

      Hard enjoy with a mask on.
      And you could never be that close together.

  • @donkeydump63
    @donkeydump63 3 года назад +1

    The sight of Michael Moore and armed militia members having a conversation while baking a cake gives me a sliver of hope.

  • @douglasridgeway4181
    @douglasridgeway4181 3 года назад +13

    "Blessed are the cheese makers" - Monty Python, Life of Brian
    If only we could say, hear and believe the same thing

  • @thelondonfive6420
    @thelondonfive6420 3 года назад

    ..a perfect slice of Michael Moore - disarming, compassionate and getting beneath the surface of people who feel that they are not being listened to..

  • @lenini056
    @lenini056 3 года назад +9

    Trump: I love these people, they are beautiful, TREMENDOUS!!!

  • @laxtose
    @laxtose 3 года назад +8

    Maybe these guys could take on a gunless third world country or possible Disneyland. Not so sure about the US Military

  • @koru9780
    @koru9780 3 года назад +16

    Jeezez that is quite the arsenal. How long did the 'peacemakers' go before picking up their guns again Michael?

    • @michelemiller3798
      @michelemiller3798 3 года назад +1

      At least he tried talking to them one human being to another. If even one of those guys starts thinking differently it's great. He planted some good seeds!

    • @koru9780
      @koru9780 3 года назад +1

      @@michelemiller3798 you are absolutely right

  • @greeleymiklashek6774
    @greeleymiklashek6774 3 года назад

    As usual, the very best investigative journalism from Michael Moore, and with humor! What else can we ask for? Any wonder why so many alienated American citizens are devoted to the Great Rebel Leader, Our Mad King Donald?

  • @helpyourcattodrive
    @helpyourcattodrive 3 года назад +8

    Omg! Great video.

  • @judithjanes5738
    @judithjanes5738 3 года назад +1

    I LOVED TV Nation, short-lived though it was... Not to be missed: North Dakota tourism and Michael Moore in a rowboat with a megaphone ordering those political-pork hating boaters off a government-built lake in Georgia. Hilarious!

  • @susansinclair3650
    @susansinclair3650 3 года назад +7

    Michael Moore, Your compassionate efforts to understand toxic masculinity and, perhaps sway these men from the fake strength of their militia lifestyles toward something better was beautiful and a bit heartbreaking to watch. You are the best.

  • @bradmiech5743
    @bradmiech5743 3 года назад +2

    Each decade further back the higher the dropout, expelled, never attended high school graduate rates increase. 1940s 50s, 62% less-educated. History is repeating itself. Michael's distributary.

  • @The_General_Zubas
    @The_General_Zubas 3 года назад +7

    I remember the Militia.
    So much Controversy.

  • @AshFarlow
    @AshFarlow 3 года назад +7

    Good timing given the psychos arrested a few days ago

  • @brianexplores285
    @brianexplores285 3 года назад +16

    That was brilliant, Michael.

  • @AnnaPilgrim
    @AnnaPilgrim 3 года назад

    Michael Moore, you are so good at this. I admire your calm courage to go and speak to these people and listen to them with your mind and heart.🙏🏻🍀🙋🏼‍♀️

  • @code_kanga5390
    @code_kanga5390 3 года назад +14

    They seem far less crazy than the nutters around these days.

  • @dwainmcwilliams2043
    @dwainmcwilliams2043 3 года назад +2

    Aw, look at the preacher, he just happens to own a gun shop and sells Bibles, poor guy. Ex-Chair Force Officer MEOW!

    • @whysoserious8666
      @whysoserious8666 3 года назад +1

      And he made Brigadier General in the Michigan Militia!

    • @dwainmcwilliams2043
      @dwainmcwilliams2043 3 года назад

      @@whysoserious8666 Hey, just wondering, does that come with a niece retirement and severance package?

  • @MrGlenn7710
    @MrGlenn7710 3 года назад +15

    I like his documentaries ❤️🌝

  • @michaelsedayao8328
    @michaelsedayao8328 3 года назад +1

    25 years later (Oklahoma City bombing was in 1995), stunning to watch this. Moore got candid interviews because he talked to them, with them. Not down to them. There's no dialogue today, just shouting past each other.

  • @theflyingcarshow-allthelat9743
    @theflyingcarshow-allthelat9743 3 года назад +5

    F~ing hilarious Michael!!

  • @katiedid1851
    @katiedid1851 3 года назад +1

    I thank Michael for pursuing these issues and people, even though no official attention is paid.

  • @piyber4
    @piyber4 3 года назад +14

    Listen up kids, this is what happens if you attend Trump University.

  • @bluezinnia847
    @bluezinnia847 3 года назад

    Hi Michael! So glad your back to doing films! Yeah! Keep up the GREAT Work! Luv Ya!

  • @manusmambon2
    @manusmambon2 3 года назад +9

    OMG! Seems like the Balkans in the 90s. Creepy

    • @lenini056
      @lenini056 3 года назад +4

      So Trump=Milosevic?

    • @manusmambon2
      @manusmambon2 3 года назад +1

      @@lenini056 I hope not so 🙏

  • @dadikkedude
    @dadikkedude 3 года назад +2

    For anyone that thought America was weird today

  • @fotisfotis9897
    @fotisfotis9897 3 года назад +4

    THE best tv show ever!!!!!

  • @karengrice2303
    @karengrice2303 3 года назад +1

    Because of the corporate duopoly that we live under, citizens no longer have a voice in their government. Is it any surprise that men who feel disenfranchised and alienated feel the need to attract attention. The pent up anger has to go somewhere and this country is well armed. We better all pray for restoration of democracy and peace along with economic opportunities.

  • @ALCRAN2010
    @ALCRAN2010 3 года назад +7

    "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!"
    - Donald J Trump
    - April 17, 2020

    • @jacqdanieles
      @jacqdanieles 3 года назад +6

      That orange a-hole intends to ignite a civil war.

  • @SA-ww1ge
    @SA-ww1ge 3 года назад

    Everyone has goodness thank you for showing the humanity in our fellows. We need this more than ever now.

  • @squatch545
    @squatch545 3 года назад +8

    These guys instincts are actually correct. Their reasoning is all wrong.

  • @miamia770
    @miamia770 3 года назад +3

    God Bless You Michael ❤️✝
    Hoping, Praying for Peace & unity for all mankind here in our Nation and throughout the entire world .
    Pray All , Pray

  • @helpyourcattodrive
    @helpyourcattodrive 3 года назад +10

    They’re nuts.

  • @liisavarhalla6348
    @liisavarhalla6348 3 года назад

    Micheal Moore gets to the truth in a peaceful way.
    I can remember years ago traveling thru Montana and driving thru a town that was a militia/mercenary place. I stopped at a gas station and got out of my van. No one turned the gas tanks on. I looked around and across the street, was a fenced in area with a big sign, " Don't Even Think Of Stopping Here!!"
    I calmly looked back at 2 men in the station who now stood at the window.
    We nodded at them and waved...and left their town.
    Now I think every state has people like who hate the Government structure.
    Especially dictatorships.
    Please vote. Our lives depend on it.

  • @shellb1633
    @shellb1633 3 года назад +7

    Lmao, I love this guy.

  • @AB-ov1zm
    @AB-ov1zm 3 года назад +1

    Ive heard jonathen mann say "20 years ago the cia approached ted turner to do for them what bbc is doing for mi6 and cnn was formed". And this was on cnn

  • @beckymayfield8804
    @beckymayfield8804 3 года назад +6

    Every republican president has given a recession but this takes the cake 🤕
    When will Americans learn ?

  • @hopeheavenonplanetearth1417
    @hopeheavenonplanetearth1417 3 года назад +1

    It’s got to be PTSD. I feel so sad for these guys😢. My ex husband was a Vietnam Vet. He is my ex because of PTSD. Wouldn’t take meds while we were married. Still love him and we are best friends now, but found a replacement because he didn’t like that I knew he needed help. His name is Norm, too. He is a great guy but very disturbed with what most of us can’t understand. God bless this country 🙏. Most of us will never understand what is in their heads.

  • @curtisforbes8650
    @curtisforbes8650 3 года назад +4

    I miss those days when you could just let people express themselves openly and let everyone else decide for themselves whether they agree or disagree with these nut jobs.

  • @petergambier
    @petergambier 3 года назад +2

    Fantastic. What a great idea, talking about awkward topics whilst making a cake.
    Loved the humour and learning, it sticks better.
    Art, story telling and satire are so badly needed and funding shouldn't be cut.
    Watching Trump debate with Biden was hilarious, the Donald talked over everybody but what was different was that he talked about getting cheaper drugs from outside countries and dissed big pharma, Biden just got rattled and spooked, it was downhill after that.
    Now that he's fought and beaten covid his approval rating will mean more votes and probably win.
    What happened to Tulsi Gabbard, why isn't she debating Trump? She's young, seen military service and is a good speaker, she'd make a great leader.

  • @rugbyslug
    @rugbyslug 3 года назад +12

    Economic decay leads to mental and cultural decay. We need to fix the economy.

  • @mrsgupt
    @mrsgupt 3 года назад +2

    My goodness. Are there any "black" people or "people of colour" in these militia?
    My nephew Pushtab looks very interested in joining! Will he be accepted?