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The answer lies somewhere in the middle. Kudos to Moore for having the conversation. He swings and misses on some points he tries to make, like a juvenile reform centre having anything to do with capitalism, (as if the general public has the abilty to financially make a choice on which reforms and reform centres are being used),

He also whiffs in an attempt to suggest that the co-op model of business is the best choice for everyone. Clearly it is not. It is not against the law to run a co-op business, so if everyone thinks that doing it is the best solution, then there would be more of them...nothing is stopping you.

It would be hard to think that the government bailing out financial institutions is the right thing to do for taxpayers, and Moore rightfully draws attention to that. That doesn't have much to do with capitalism either, but it was a nice digression about government overreach... the dirty cousin of socialism.

Regardless, some good conversations can be had following this film, so all is not lost. Just be sure not to commit to being in full agreement or full disagreement with Moore and his wearly silly stunts. There really shouldn't be anyone we completely believe.

I also wonder how the righteous Moore feels today about having his documentary produced by Harvey Weinstein. That didn't age well.

Things are happening. Suspense is building. Then some loose ends unfold and the credits roll. Thanks for nothing. There are films that leave the viewer to fill in some blanks, I get it... but this movie didn't guide us toward anything less than a million possible conclusions.

What I liked most about the series of three episodes called Patriot Purge, is that it is largely made up of people telling their own accounts of what they saw and heard.

We can acknowledge that Carlson himself, has a particular bias to one side of the story, and there are certainly some filmed scenes and pictures to sway a narrative, but his documentary also comes with a lot of real-life video evidence and personal account interviews to let the viewer see and decide for themselves in most cases.

This offers a better approach to reporting, than a talking head on a TV screen just telling you what they want you to believe and/or how you should interpret what happened... rather than just showing you what happened and letting you decide.

Your opinion of 1/6 can be whatever you want, but at least this series gives you some real information to consider.