[lbo-talk] Moore's Sicko Analysis

Chuck chuck at mutualaid.org
Fri Jul 20 08:07:05 PDT 2007


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Compared to what? The movie's in hundreds of theaters, released by a
> major distributor. Moore's all over the media. If he'd condemned
> capitalism and called for revolution, he'd be on YouTube. It's
> amazing that something as critical not only of US health insurance
> but of the ethic of competitive individualism gets this much
> attention at all.

Shit. It really sounds around here like the American Left is settling for table scraps instead of something more substantial and radical.

I fully expect that after I see this film, I will still agree with my friend Herod's critiqu of this film.

Chuck



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