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The Economic System That The United States Has Is An Evil Empire. It's An Economic System That's Not Fair, Not Just, And It's Not Democratic. And It Will Fall Just Like Communism Fell. The Richest 1 Percent Now Own 50 Percent Of The Wealth. It Didn't Use To Be That Way. The Average Ceo 20 Years Ago Made 20 Times As Much As The Average Employee. Now They Make 212 Times As Much.

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The Economic System That

Michael Moore

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The Economic System That The United States Has Is An Evil Empire. It's An Economic System That's Not Fair, Not Just, And It's Not Democratic. And It Will Fall Just Like Communism Fell. The Richest 1 Percent Now Own 50 Percent Of The Wealth. It Didn't Use To Be That Way. The Average Ceo 20 Years Ago Made 20 Times As Much As The Average Employee. Now They Make 212 Times As Much.

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Mass Destruction

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Anything And Everything

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Making A Difference

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I Made 'bowling For Columbine' In The Hope The School Shootings Would Stop And That We Would Address The Issue Of How Easy It Is To Get A Gun In The United States, And Tragically, Those School Shootings Continue.

I Assume Everything I'm Saying In An Email Or Saying On The Telephone Is Being Looked At.

I Really Didn't Realize The Librarians Were, You Know, Such A Dangerous Group. They Are Subversive. You Think They're Just Sitting There At The Desk, All Quiet And Everything. They're Like Plotting The Revolution, Man. I Wouldn't Mess With Them. You Know, They've Had Their Budgets Cut. They're Paid Nothing. Books Are Falling Apart. The Libraries Are Just Like The Ass End Of Everything, Right?

The Difference Between Ignorant And Educated People Is That The Latter Know More Facts. But That Has Nothing To Do With Whether They Are Stupid Or Intelligent. The Difference Between Stupid And Intelligent People-and This Is True Whether Or Not They Are Well-educated-is That Intelligent People Can Handle Subtlety. They Are Not Baffled By Ambiguous Or Even Contradictory Situations-in Fact, They Expect Them And Are Apt To Become Suspicious When Things Seem Overly Straightforward.

Ask Anyone On Social Security If Their Check Comes On Time Every Month. Like Clockwork. And It Comes Through The So-called Dilapidated U.s. Mail. My Dad's Check Literally Will Come On The Same Day Every Month. The Government Has Been Quite Good And Efficient At Creating A Number Of Systems.

You Do Not Have The Right To Take Another Human's Life, Unless It's In Strict Self-defense.

And Realising That Humour Is The Most Powerful Way To Make A Political Statement And Say The Things That You Want To Say. And It's Not Used Enough, At Least Not In The U.s.

Here's What I Don't Think Works: An Economic System That Was Founded In The 16th Century And Another That Was Founded In The 19th Century. I'm Tired Of This Discussion Of Capitalism And Socialism; We Live In The 21st Century, We Need An Economic System That Has Democracy As Its Underpinnings And An Ethical Code.

I Get Called 'controversial' All The Time.

Every Night I Watch The Nightly News. It's Funded By The Pharmaceutical Companies. Virtually Every Ad Is A Drug Ad. They Get Their Say Every Night On The Nightly News Through Advertising.

Any Time You Got The Pope And The Dixie Chicks Against You, Your Time Is Up.

You Know He's [george W. Bush] There Illegally. You Know He Was Not Elected Either By The Popular Vote Or By The Vote In Florida.

But I'm Not A Member Of The Democratic Party. If You Know Anything About Me, Anybody Who's Followed Me, I'm The Anti-democrat. I Have Railed Against The Democrats For A Long Time.

In Accordance To The Principles Of Doublethink, It Does Not Matter If The War Is Not Real, Or When It Is, That Victory Is Not Possible. The War Is Not Meant To Be Won. It Is Meant To Be Continuous. The Essential Act Of Modern Warfare Is The Destruction Of The Produce Of Human Labour. A Hierarchical Society Is Only Possible On The Basis Of Poverty And Ignorance. In Principle, The War Effort Is Always Planned To Keep Society On The Brink Of Starvation. The War Is Waged By The Ruling Group Against Its Own Subjects, And Its Object Is Not Victory Over Eurasia Or Eastasia, But To Keep The Very Structure Of Society Intact.

If You're In A Diabetic Or Prediabetic State, It's Good To Have Medication To Go On For A Period Of Time. But Simply By Making The Changes - Get Your Sleep, 35 Grams Of Fiber And A Half-hour Walk - Your Cholesterol Will Come Down, Your Sugar Will Come Down, And Your Blood Pressure Will Come Down. Only The Minority Of People Can't Control It.

There Is Nowhere In The Four Gospels Where Jesus Uses The Word 'homosexual.'

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