About an Interview with Michael Moore

It surprises and frightens me that a fairly sane person like Michael Moore who makes politically hot documentaries describes capitalism in terms like it was an organic creature with a mind of its own.

Here is the interview for Swedish SVT (available to 9th Sept 2010).

This is not about capitalisms be or not to be, if it is good or bad. It is the fact that Michael Moore treats a political system like it was alive, like a physical monster you can touch and kill.

There is no such monster.

You may like or dislike any political ideals, but you can never escape the fact that there are humans behind every situation. It is we, the humans, who have created our society and their political and financial situation. We are responsible. You and me. And Michael Moore.

To demonize the society’s ideals you deny responsibility, claiming it was ”their” fault, them, the others, the system, the society.

But the fact is that “the system”, “the society” is you. You are part of it. No matter if you like it or not.

And if Michael Moore wants any real change he won’t gain anything by fighting something that does not exist.

Behind every decision, every law, every error, every bribe there are humans, individuals; A person that you may like or not, but still a person with every right to be treated as a human and claiming the same respect as you expects to get.

It is my personal belief that respect for each individual is necessary for a better society.