[lbo-talk] Sicko

[ravi]

On 28 Jun, 2007, at 14:19 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Jun 28, 2007, at 1:56 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
>> His main criticism was that Moore
>> wasted a lot of footage to show what is already known - that other
>> countries
>> have public health care systems.
>
> Known by whom? You and lbo-talk members, yes. Never underestimate the
> ignorance of the American masses.
>
> And besides, it's not health policy wankery, I mean wonkery. It's
> very high quality agitprop.

And its a documentary format (at least previous Moore output has  
been). Even if everyone knows something, they may not know that  
others do. The latter is the crucial thing for control, isn't it?

	--ravi, "do I really need another thread" ;-)