QUOTE(maximius @ Oct 29 2009, 10:25 PM)
Your missing the point,he isnt some super clever wiz that makes clever documentaries,sure it looks that way..but he has like a 1000(well many at least) researchers working for him..and hes only there to film the "important scenes" and do he voiceovers..isnt he a part of the very system he is trying to bring down?.
Or have he mastered the art of reaching a massive (read:mainstream) audience?
I think both..he is not some independent documentary filmaker anymore,he have sold out long ago and is part of the very ,corporate structure he is appearantly trying to bring down..
Rage against the machine? what the hell is that?
I cant really type because I sliced my finger so please excuse the typos.
He is reaching the masses on what is ideally wrong with America. And he has mastered the art of the main stream. Thank goodness for that. Our medical system is screwed ,our small business (under 50 employees) are screwed,and corporations are screwing over their people that actually work for a living, leaving the top execs with fat pay checks and paid for financial consultants plus stock options. (ask me about Jerry Sanders contract sometime)Ive been in high tech and owned my own IT business for the past 25 years, i know how hard it is to either pay or taxes or your employees,much less help them with insurance.My part for my employees insurance (when I had it) was $1000 per month per employee and more if they had a family is that right? This country has done so much damage to those cool little helpful companies that actually answer the phone to help you.
One other side note about or beautiful capitalistic way of doing things, a real life example: if you buy computers from Dell or HP for resale you do not get the same price break as the chains stores. I was purchasing 10 per month average and I was making about $30 profit per unit at best. If I could get the same prices as the major stores I would at least be able to make it worth my time. Its tiered bigger price drop for the bigger amount purchased. Its a fundamental flaw and small companies cant compete. This does not only apply to IT only ,its across all small businesses. So the big walmarts and best buys get the best deals. Sound fair to you? It shouldn't. You cant compete you just cant.
Ive seen Dell lay off 5000 people here at one batch they are ruthless. Ive seen them ship another 8000 jobs out of America to India. Ive worked for a government think tank to beat the Japanese in the semiconductor arena ,that is now international (HA what a joke, I had to spray paint Japanese microscopes labels black because none could be found manufactured in the US) and all the hoopla about US is number one is POOF GONE.
I did however work with a genius , a man that invented to semiconductor Robert Noyce , He told me once that he was just lucky to get where he got and in a few years there will be a very few that could achieve that status because its so hard to start/fund a business ,the middle class will die out, I called him on BS BUT he was right.
This documentary was right on the spot and I'm glad someone had the balls to say so. I would of gone much farther. So what if he gets paid good, I can think of alot more people that are making much more at the expense of others.
Time does open your eyes in a certain way...
(I will be happy to validate the companies mentioned above via PM)
Ouch my finger hurts and Im finished with my rant.
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