Thoughts on Capitalism, A Love Story

In Michael Moore's Capitalism, a Love Story, Moore is constantly highlighting the fact that big money corporations are focused on devaluing people in order to accrue profits from consumers. With labor being the largest "obstacle" between the businesses and their profits, I'm wondering when the documentary will stop objectifying people like the banks and business have done.

I'm curious to see if Moore will acknowledge the problem in the education system. How are we going about preparing kids for this apparent future where their work will be devalued?

We're sending them to college.

In order to offshore their profits, corporations need to ensure that there is no one left in the US (where the rights supposedly are) to demand places in the labor force and the livable wages they deserve. They're lucky; they have the base of the "American Dream" to build this culture on. They tell each child, "Hey, you with the face! You know what you need? College! Stay in school! For, like, ever. Get in debt. But that's okay. The more school you get means you're this much more likely to get a better job afterwards, and then you can spend the first few decades of that career paying us back, not spending the money one yourself for your hard-earned efforts. It's gonna be good."

No one wants to be a laborer. No one wants to garden. Let's even take away the rights of those who do clean and care for us by trying to deport them because those are our jobs we don't want to do.

Colin Stokes

Here is an ugly truth about society. Colin Stokes reveals a disturbing fact that federal research has discovered: one in five women have been sexually assaulted in some measure. What does that mean? That means at least one in five men is guilty of violating a woman's sexual security.

Stokes is a father of two and a big fan of the movies. He has found plenty of examples of leading women in film who "teach women to fight the patriarchy", but there are not enough that do the reverse - there are no where near enough movies that teach young boys to respect women.

The message here is that you can tell girls all the preventative measures possible: "No means No" and cover up, but if you do not teach young boys - who grow into men - to respect the women in their lives, they'll still end up feeling entitled to "rewards" promised by women.

Through humor and the medium of children's movies, Stokes convicts parents to be aware of what sons are being taught. For a moment, he even provokes a fear for fathers: if there are no sons who can respect the partnership of a woman, "I wanna be on their team," who will their daughters partner with - marry - in the future?