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BTW, the host of this show is terrible! He's worse than Sean Hannity in not letting his guest answer questions (and that's saying a lot because I thought Hannity was the worst). It's clear that he wasn't going to let the right sound reasonable on this issue but ridicule their point of view for the entire interview. (A good host would have let the guest hang himself with his own rope.) And also notice that he leaves out a very important part to the Jonah Goldberg quote. What a hack!
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Well, yeah of course it's left-wing propaganda. Who can dispute that? Even my daughters got that. There's an evil corporation that has enticed the occupants of the planet to over consume to the point that they make the earth unlivable so they take to outer space.
But that shouldn't stop you from taking your kids to see it because it's actually a wonderful movie filled with hope and love. Very well done and visually attractive. The animation is excellent as always (no surprise since it's from Pixar). Eventually the humans realize that they have a connection to the planet and should return to help salvage the earth. And Wall-E is such a wonderful example of the importance of community and of love in the life of....well...er...not necessarily a robot but a robot as metaphor for humans :-)
Plus there is even a conservative message that made it into the movie: the importance of not allowing the government to take over running your life. You should be in control and not allow the government to make decisions for you.
And another bonus was the message of the summer for my family: the importance of diet and exercise :-)
And btw, even some of us conservatives are against over consuming and know the importance of recycling.
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Well, yeah of course it's left-wing propaganda. Who can dispute that? Even my daughters got that. There's an evil corporation that has enticed the occupants of the planet to over consume to the point that they make the earth unlivable...
In other words, what's "left-wing propaganda" to Michele is what the rest of us call "reality."
Thanks for playing!
Posted by: | July 4, 2008 11:49 AM
"It's anti-corporations a point the first commenter missed"
Just because I didn't put that in my post doesn't mean I missed it. I am very aware that it is anti-corporations, it was very obvious throughout the entire movie. However, my comment had nothing to do with the fact that the movie is anti-corporations. It was about the fact that because choice of the consumer and the free market does not exist in the movie, it cannot be considered anti-capitalism. Anti-corporation and anti-capitalism are not the same thing. In fact, I would say the movie advocates capitalism, in that it is against a lack of a free market. However, it does not advocate a wasteful, irresponsible capitalism, instead, a capitalism that requires accountability.
Posted by: Jesi | July 5, 2008 6:11 AM
"In other words, what's "left-wing propaganda" to Michele is what the rest of us call "reality."
Thanks for playing!"
If you consider that movie reality, please go check yourself into the psych ward of your local hospital, you're delusional.
No, thank you for playing.
Posted by: Michele McGinty | July 5, 2008 9:16 AM
I have no idea why you're bent on saying this movie isn't anti-captialism. I never said it was. I said it was leftwing propaganda and then I explained in a comment that it was anti-corporation and clearly analogous to global warming.
Posted by: Michele McGinty | July 5, 2008 9:19 AM
It isn't anti-capitalism.
Last I checked, capitalism is about competition and supply and demand. And most prefer 'lassez faire' capitalism in which the government doesn't interfere.
Are you now saying that ONE corporation that supplies everyone and everything and has entirely co-opted the government is 'capitalism'?
Its like saying everything the 'commies' said about capitalism is right to say what this movie is portraying is capitalism.
Posted by: Karen Brown | July 5, 2008 3:38 PM
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