Capitalism: A Love Story
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- ( rock music playing )
- Yeah
Louie Louie, whoa baby
l gotta go now
Louie Louie, whoa baby
l really gotta go now
The Communist world
is fallin' apart
The capitalists
are just breakin' hearts
Money is the reason to be
lt makes me just
wanna sing Louie Louie
Louie Louie, whoa baby
l gotta go now
Louie Louie, whoa baby
Some say it will,
some say it won't
Now you see it,
now you don't
We spent all our money
on a disaster movie
Louie Louie
Louie Louie, whoa baby
l gotta go now
Louie Louie, whoa baby
Oh, let's give it
to 'em right now.
Narrator:
Rome was the largestand the most beautiful city
of the ancient world.
The magnificent facade
of the empire, however,
could not conceal
the seeds of decay,
the unhealthy dependence
of the economy on slaves,
the disparity between
rich and poor.
Behind the splendor
of the Forum
were vast areas
of crowded slums.
Escape from the slums was difficult
for there were few jobs available
and practically none
for the unskilled.
To keep idle citizens entertained
and out of mischief,
frequent games and spectacles
were held at public expense.
At first, only chariot races
were sponsored.
But by the reign of Trajan,
brutal combat to the death
had become popular.
Earlier in Rome's history,
elected representatives
exercised the power.
But by now,
every function of government
had been absorbed
by the emperor
who was above the law
and ruled by decree.
That a people as civilized
as the Romans,
with the most humane
system of law ever devised,
could tolerate the violation
of human beings
is astonishing.
This imbalance
and the irresponsible behavior
of public officials
for Rome's eventual decline.
Michael Moore:
l wonder howfuture civilizations will view our society.
Will they judge us by this?
- He's a cat flushin' a toilet...
- ( mews )
He's a cat flushin' a toilet,
he's a cat flushin' a toilet
He's a cat flushin' a toilet.
( mews )
Moore:
Or will theyjudge us by this?
Man #1 :
Do you see the sheriff's car?
Man #2:
Yeah, right there.The sheriff-- that's the first car.
- Woman:
No--- There he is.
Man #3:
Three, four, five, six...
Woman:
Seven.- Man #1 :
Give me the phone.- Woman:
lt's on this--it's on the c--
it's on the couch.
All right, that's as close
as l can get, Dad.
- Don't stand in front of the door, Dad.
- ( knocking )
( whispering )
Get out from the--
Hey, Sheriff, Robert
inside the house here.
- ( knocking )
- ( loud banging )
Woman:
They're trying to beatthe back door in, Dad.
( loud banging )
There are four of us in here.
They're beating on the door.
We're not gonna resist,
but you will have to come
in the house on your own.
But there are four souls
in this house.
Woman:
Dad, don't standin front of the door.
- Do not.
( banging continues )
Woman:
Another witness.
Tell your name to the camera.
- l'm David Phillips.
- Chris Collins.
And Audra Collins.
( banging continues )
- David:
And this is America?- Chris:
Uh-huh.Audra:
This is America, folks,what you're watching right here.
- Sheriff's office.
- Robert:
Yeah, we know.- Okay, y'all have to come out, please.
- Robert:
All right.Woman:
We cannot act like this--this is just something that's okay.
And so this is new.
They've never come out
and boarded up our house
after they've evicted the person
and threw their furniture
in the dumpster.
So they're letting us know
that they are stepping it up,
boarding up somebody's house.
This has been my family home.
This is my parents' house.
l've lived here for 41 years.
This is the only home
l've ever really lived in.
This is the only-- this will always
be home to me, no matter what.
- l'm a carpenter.
- Woman:
There you go.Man #1 :
Sandra, they're leaving.Let them leave.
- Man #2:
l'm a carpenter. So what?- That's all l am.
- Well, people pay their bills.
- This could happen to you.
Carpenter:
That's right.So why do you think l'm doing it?
l don't have to be happy about this,
but that's what l do.
Sandra:
That's all l'm saying is thatmaybe you can make another choice.
- That's all we're saying.
- That's no reason for...
Sandra:
You're a working-class person.
...people here to get upset
and almost get themselves hurt.
We ain't gonna get hurt.
Are you threatening us?
Y'all gonna get on out of here.
You might end up even getting hurt.
Talking about us getting hurt,
you might get hurt.
Man:
There's gonna besome kind of a rebellion
between the people
that have nothing
and the people that's got it all.
l don't understand.
There's no in-between no more.
There's the people that's got it all
and the people that have nothing.
We gotta get this stuff
out of the house and packed up
and be out of here
in about 30 days
even though we don't
have a place to go.
Oh.
Woman:
We designed this house.
The property that it's on
was my family farm.
So l've lost a piece
of my heritage with this.
Why do you do this
to the hard-working people?
Why do you take everything?
You take everything
away from them.
We're just middle-class,
hard-working people
trying to make a living.
Just trying to survive.
An old Browning.
( grunts )
My pistol,
my dad's pistol, my pistol.
( sighs )
- ( knocking )
- Man:
Sheriff's department.lt's supposed to be 30 days.
l got 30 days to get my stuff out.
- That's what the guy told me.
- No.
What?
lt's currently scheduled for today.
But...
The paper's telling us
that we are due
to do an eviction here
today at 9:
00 AM.Huh, shoot.
Well, he's surprised too.
The house is gone.
That cop told me that the house
has already been sold
to somebody else.
So we don't own the house no more,
somebody else does.
Moore:
This is capitalism,
a system of taking and giving--
mostly taking.
The only thing we didn't know
was when the revolt would begin.
Man:
Everything,we've tried everything...
except robbing a bank.
l'm thinking about
maybe doing that.
You know, that's one way
somebody could get their money back.
lf they did it--
they did it to me,
l don't know why
l can't do it to them.
Peter zalewski:
This is my second Hyundai Sonata.
l'll probably get a new car next year.
And when l do,
it'll probably be another Sonata.
You know, l'm not a car guy.
lf l can go in there
and steal a condo
for the equivalent of what
a Mercedes would cost
or a Bentley would cost,
l'm all about that.
Moore:
Meet Peter zalewski,
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