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This reviewer saw the movie which has been recently released in Europe. He wondered how the movie might affect the views that the rest of the world have about the US. The movie describes the how the recent financial crisis and its aftermath illustrate how far the the US has come from its ideals of democracy and a sharing of the wealth created by its economy. What is presented is a system that is permeated by the corruption of our ideals. The reviewer concludes that the picture is accurate in its portrayal. Our economic crisis was enabled by a corrupted system of elites from business, government and from academia. They broke the bank but they are not the ones who are paying for it. Instead leaders in the US and in other western capitals, have determined that the people must pay for their sins. The medicine that they are proposing is austerity. That is, austerity for those who depend upon their pensions and other components of the safety net that was developed to protect ordinary people in an economic downturn.
The reviewer claims that the movie depressed him because it is true. I have not seen the movie but it is now on my short list.
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