Capitalism: A Mistitled Movie

Through the throngs of socialist ideology and Obama mania a few agents of liberty infiltrated the recent D.C. premiere of Micheal Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story. In typical Michael Moore fashion, the film covers many topics without tapping into the root problems and instead pulls on your heart strings. Firstly, his use of the word capitalism is misguided. Capitalism is free markets without government intervention. Yet in his mind the corportist system that has plagued our country is the definition of capitalism.What he blames on the free-market economy, is not a free-market economy. Our current economy is comprised of a revolving door between politicians and lobbyists who have manipulated the system through government regulations for the benefit of a select few. (more)