Capitalism: A Love Story By Michael Moore: Film Analysis

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In his film “Capitalism: A Love Story” (2009), Michael Moore claims that the capitalist system in America has become corrupt. First, he talks about people being dislocated from their homes. The bank gave loans to the homeowners, but the interest began to increase rapidly. Therefore, there was an enormous amount of people losing homes in the United States. The high authority, such as the government, began to abuse their power by taking advantage of other’s misfortunes. Secondly, people were losing jobs by paying the workers less than minimum wage. For example, General Motors fired half of their employees because the remaining employees would work double shift or overtime. The CEO of General Motors was being greedy and became bankrupt, meaning

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