This is the first diary I’ve ever written and I’m not nearly as articulate as many on here so I’ll keep it short. I’m not sure if there have been others who have pointed this out but I haven’t seen anything on it so I’ll do it.
In 1989 Michael Moore made a documentary called Roger and Me which focused on GM closing plants in America and moving them to Mexico to produce their automobiles union free and with cheap labor. The focus being on how this was destroying communities and the middle-class way of life. 27 years later Drumpf now screams about the same thing and is a hero to the right.
In 1997 Moore made a documentary called The Big One in which he toured America talking to people who were struggling and losing their jobs so profitable companies could profit even more without regard to the working person. I remember him going to a factory that produced candy bars and was shutting down devastating the town it was in but the pinnacle of the movie was a visit with Mr. Nike himself Phil Knight. Michael questioned Phil on why he wouldn’t produce his shoes in America so he could give Americans jobs. He even found a group of people more than willing to make Nike shoes after Phil said Americans wouldn’t do this kind of work. Of course, the reality is Americans won’t make Nikes for slave wages with no benefits in horrible conditions like Phil’s Asian work force does while he pays athlete’s 100’s of millions of dollars to where his shoes. The point being almost 20 years later Drumpf is now screaming about these same things and is a hero to the right.
In 2004 Moore made his most famous documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 which chronicled the invasion of Iraq and everything that went with it from incompetence to huge corporate profits. 12 years later Putin’s puppet screams that invading Iraq was the biggest foreign policy mistake in American history and is a hero to the right.
Nobody is more hated by the Fox newsy Republicans than Michael Moore. Even though they have never seen one of his documentaries because they refuse to watch them but just know everything he says and stands for is from Satan’s playbook because Fox news told them so, they now love them some Trump who’s parroting the same things Moore has been talking about for almost 30 years. Next time your chatting with that right-wing friend or family member maybe point out their hypocrisy and let them know how much they actually love them some Michael Moore!
