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At least we are trying to make some debate of the topic.
i suggest you reconsider what constitutes the most pitiful post of the topic,start by asking what relevance your post brings to the topic....
At least we are trying to make some debate of the topic.
i suggest you reconsider what constitutes the most pitiful post of the topic,start by asking what relevance your post brings to the topic....
Debating the topic? I took your comment as a joke but then realized you were serious.
Well, if he is like most other small businessmen in the USA, the income goes to the corporation. The company pays overhead and salaries, ball tickets, part of meals out, transportation, probably his NYC apartment. SOP for business expenses. I'd bet businesses own 2/3 of the German cars and big pick up trucks in Houston. We don't know what the corporation pays him.
Moore is the epitome of hypocrite. He constantly attacks the wealthy and huge corporations, while he himself is wealthy because he's able to produce movies financed and distributed by HUGE CORPORATIONS!
If you're an actor, artist, writer, musician, athlete or filmmaker in the 1%, you're apparent exempt from criticism. You deserve $20 million for playing make-believe for 3 months or playing a game that working people enjoy after they come home from their real jobs. Apparently, you're only an evil capitalist if you've become wealthy providing essential products like a banking, pharmaceuticals, technology, energy, transportation or food. If you take advantage of a corporation's leverage to make millions from movies, TV shows or any other non-essential product, not only do you somehow get a pass, you're admired. Meanwhile, the man who oversees the company that developed your heart medication is an evil capitalist!
If Moore was really a champion for the little guy and truly sincere, he wouldn't distribute his films through a giant multinational entertainment conglomerate. He would finance and distribute them himself, either to individual theaters or online. But Moore gets a pass as well, and people will happily drive to the theater in their Toyota, pay AMC $13 for a ticket and spend $8 for an Aquafina and popcorn to watch a movie by a millionaire filmmaker distributed by a multinational company about how greed is bad and how corporations and capitalism are evil.
Moore is the epitome of hypocrite. He constantly attacks the wealthy and huge corporations, while he himself is wealthy because he's able to produce movies financed and distributed by HUGE CORPORATIONS!
But Mikey the Hutt gets a pass because, well, he doesn't have the same "mindset" of the other 1%. Plus, his broke ass only has $50M so he's not one of "them".
the rest of your post was excellent too, but i wanted to highlight this:
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Originally Posted by Vejadu
But Moore gets a pass as well, and people will happily drive to the theater in their Toyota, pay AMC $13 for a ticket and spend $8 for an Aquafina and popcorn to watch a movie by a millionaire filmmaker distributed by a multinational company about how greed is bad and how corporations and capitalism are evil.
LOL @ "not the mindset of the 1%". WTF does that even mean? If he had the mindset of the 99%, his movies would be done via a non-profit studio and he would earn a more humble $35,000 year for his efforts. 100% of the profits of his movie would be channeled toward a charity whose goal is to give money to medical clinics offering subsidized health care ala sicko or the NRA explicitly advocating for safer gun ownership ala Columbine.
jambo 101 - We really annoyed the Greed is Great pact didn't we. They are appalled that Moore would dare to bite the hand that feeds him. Funny thing is he does not. By reporting the way the system screws over most of us he is not biting us. He is biting them. That is good.
Like I said if he self distributed these as political critique they would not be seen by very many. Instead he uses the greed driven distribution system to get the word out to millions. That is a brilliant move.
If he discounted his movies they would never have had widespread distribution.
OK then if he did not care about the money he could have donated all the profits above a reasonable salary to charity.
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