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Essay / Review of Michael Moore's film "Capitalism: A Love Story"
Economic problems have been plaguing our nations for years now. There is one man who can save us all from destruction, or so he thinks, and that man is Michael Moore. In his film Capitalism: A Love Story, Moore travels across the country trying to find those responsible for all the economic crises. He tells the stories of normal citizens who are affected by these problems, and through these stories he tries to convince the audience that bankers and big businesses are cruel and evil and that they must pay for their crimes. These large corporations have committed many unethical acts, such as underwriting life insurance policies for their employees and infiltrating the government to push through their agenda. Moore also goes on to explain how FDR wanted to create a new bill of rights to protect the working American citizen. To get his message across, Moore is reaching out to tell the story of companies purchasing life insurance policies for their employees. Large companies purchase life insurance policies for their employees who have an increased risk of death. The problem is that instead of a family member being the beneficiary, the business is. These companies do not inform employees that they have this life insurance. So when the employee dies, the company receives all the insurance money and the grieving family members receive none. This act could be justified if the employee accepted that the company took out the life insurance contract and that the company was the beneficiary. Companies are conducting research on people at increased risk of death in the near future. Companies select people who smoke or are at higher risk of heart attack or stroke or are of a certain age. These acts are considered unethical, especially by the average... middle of paper ......l rights would be enacted, everyone would be employed but there would be very little growth in the country. The country would be a very different place. Michael Moore made the film Capitalism: A Love Story to show his audience that because of all these big banks and big corporations, we are in a huge economic disaster. He speaks directly to people affected by this crisis to try to get his message across. Two of the main unethical acts committed by these big corporations, according to Michael Moore, are taking out life insurance on their employees and infiltrating our government to push through their own agenda. Moore then goes on to talk about the Bill of Rights proposed by FDR to help the average American worker. All of these things come together to create Moore's film and help prove his point. We must act now to prevent these problems from recurring in the future..