Moore goes to other countries to pick and choose great social\/political\/economic ideas that the USA oughtta steal. Some powerful ideas in there – Katy and I liked it.<\/p>\n
I already can’t remember the full list of countries\/ideas, so let’s see if I can put together a list from web sources…<\/p>\n
Italy: plenty of paid vacation time and family leave
\nFrance: healthy school lunches
\nFinland: successful education system eliminating homework and standardized testing
\nSlovenia: free college even for non-residents
\nGermany: recognition of the country’s past sins
\nNorway: reasonable prison system
\nPortugal: treating drug use as a health-care issue, training cops to respect human dignity
\nTunisia: constitutional equal rights for women
\nIceland: sending the corrupt bankers to prison<\/p>\n
Okay, I stole the whole list from G. Cheshire’s review at rogerebert.com:<\/p>\n
In my view, it’s one of the most genuinely, and valuably, patriotic films any American has ever made … As he investigates one potentially useful idea after another, Moore keeps discovering that many originated in the U.S. Thus he’s not stealing from foreigners but reclaiming remedies that once belonged to us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
D. Ehrlich was not as impressed: <\/p>\n
Moore has forgotten how to be funny. His docs used to be genuinely hilarious. Still, this gains power in its final movements, especially when it hits upon the idea that change is both the responsibility and the *power* of the people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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