History Film / CapitalismALoveStory

-> ''"This is capitalism. A system of taking and giving... mostly taking."''

* CapitalismIsBad: This documentary sets out to argue against capitalism as its writers understand it, going as far as to equate it with sin.

* ExpospeakGag: Listen to the Wall Street experts trying to explain a "derivative" and "credit default swap". It's verbiage at a GainaxEnding level of sheer nonsense. Moore certainly looks the way people do when experiencing one of those.
* UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt: Appears in the last few minutes of the film to explain his "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms Four Freedoms]]", then dies before he can introduce legislation for economic security, health care or arms reduction.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Politicians love using the word "socialism" to describe any kind of reform or program as a negative. But Michael Moore picks up a dictionary and speaks with Senator Bernie Sanders, and finds that socialism (or at least [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism Democratic Socialism]]) doesn't sound too awful.

''Capitalism: A Love Story'' is a 2009 documentary, and Michael Moore's most recent documentary. Twenty years after attacking General Motors in ''Film/RogerAndMe'' It documents the (he argues) detrimental role that [[UsefulNotes/EconomicTheories Neoliberal-Neoclassical policies]] and big business play in our lives, how they caused the Great Recession, and how it will take people demanding change for anything substantial to upset the status quo.

* HidingBehindReligion: The film presents many crooked businessmen as doing this, claiming their ill-gotten gains as a gift from God, while a Catholic priest argues that capitalism is incompatible with the teachings of Christianity. To drive the point further, clips from ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'' with edited dialogue appear to show what Jesus would be like as a capitalist:

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Politicians love using the word "socialism" to describe any kind of reform or program as a negative. But Michael Moore picks up a dictionary, and finds that socialism doesn't sound too awful.

* HidingBehindReligion: The film presents many crooked businessmen as doing this, claiming their ill-gotten gains as a gift from God, while a Catholic priest argues that capitalism is incompatible with the teachings of Christianity. To drive the point further, clips from ''Series/JesusofNazareth'' with edited dialogue appear to show what Jesus would be like as a capitalist:

''Capitalism: A Love Story'' is a 2009 documentary, and Michael Moore's most recent documentary. Twenty years after attacking General Motors in ''Film/RogerAndMe'' It documents the (he argues) detrimental role that capitalism and big business plays in our lives, and how conservative economic policies caused the Great Recession, and how it will take people demanding change for anything substantial to upset the status quo.

''Capitalism: A Love Story'' is a 2009 documentary, and Michael Moore's most recent documentary. Twenty years after attacking General Motors in ''Film/RogerAndMe'' It documents the (film argues) detrimental role that capitalism and big business plays in our lives, and how conservative economic policies caused the Great Recession, and how it will take people demanding change for anything substantial to upset the status quo.

* CapitalismIsBad: This documentary sets out to argue against capitalism as its writers understand it going as far as to equate it with sin.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Captialism as a whole is criticized, so this is a given.

* HidingBehindReligion: The film presents many crooked businessmen as doing this, claiming their ill-gotten gains as a gift from God, while a Catholic priest argues that capitalism is incompatible with the teachings of Christianity. To drive the point further, clips from ''Series/JesusofNazareth'' with edited dialogue appear to show what Jesus would be like as a captalist:

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Politicians love using the word "socialism" describe any kind of reform or program as a negative. But Michael Moore picks up a dictionary, and finds that socialism doesn't sound too awful.

* RonaldReagan: Presented as a man who served the interest of powerful corporations, and whose presidency created an inequitable economic system.

'''''Capitalism: A Love Story''''' is a 2009 documentary, and Michael Moore's most recent documentary. Twenty years after attacking General Motors in ''Film/RogerAndMe'' It documents the (film argues) detrimental role that capitalism and big business plays in our lives, and how conservative economic policies caused the Great Recession, and how it will take people demanding change for anything substantial to upset the status quo.

The film was not as critical a success as Sicko or Bowling For Columbine, and didn't break even at the box office, but it was relative critical success.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Politicians love using the word "socialism" describe any kind of reform or program as a negative. But Michael Moore picks up a dictionary, and finds that socialism doesn't sound too awful

-->– Creator/MichaelMoore

--> This is capitalism. A system of taking and giving... mostly taking.
---> -Creator/MichaelMoore

Capitalism: A Love Story is a 2009 documentary, and Michael Moore's most recent documentary. Twenty years after attacking General Motors in ''Film/RogerAndMe'' It documents the (film argues) detrimental role that capitalism and big business plays in our lives, and how conservative economic policies caused the Great Recession, and how it will take people demanding change for anything substantial to upset the status quo.

* CapitalismIsBad: This Documentary sets out to argue against Capitalism as its writers understand it going as far as to equate it with sin. Though this is the same [[http://www.ramblingbeachcat.com/2011/12/michael-moore-finally-responds-to-proof.html Michael Moore who owned and profited from stock in Haliburton and other corporations]] (such as PepsiCo and Frito-Lay). Hey, [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped just saying what had to]] [[{{Hypocrite}} brought up about him]] because it was either that or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_business Small Businesspeople]] having to have a word with him.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Politicians love using the word "socialism" describe any kind of reform or program as a negative. But Michael Moore picks up a dictionary, and finds that socialism doesn't sound to awful

Capitalism: A Love Story is a 2009 documentary, and Michael Moore's most recent documentary. Twenty years after attacking General Motors in ''Film/RogerAndMe'' It documents the (accoriding film argues) detrimental role that capitalism and big business plays in our lives, and how conservative economic policies caused the Great Recession, and how it will take people demanding change for anything substantial to upset the status quo.

* HidingBehindReligion: The film presents many crooked businessmen as doing this, claiming their ill-gotten gains as a gift from God, while Moore argues, as do some priests, that capitalism is compatible with Christianity. To drive the point further, he uses clips from ''Series/JesusofNazareth'' edited dialogue to show what Jesus would be like as a captalist:

* RonaldReagan: Presented as a man served the interest of powerful corporations, and whose presidency created the conditions for the Great Recession.

* HarsherInHindsight: Michael Moore shows a clip from his first documentary Film/RogerAndMe where he discusses with Tom Kay the possibility that all the General Motors jobs in Flint, Michigan could be lost if GM wanted to avoid bankruptcy. Four months before ''Capitalism'' was released in the US, GM declared bankruptcy, and by then, almost all the GM factories in Flint had shuttered.

* HidingBehindReligion: The film presents many crooked businessmen as doing this, claiming their ill-gotten gains as a gift from God, while Moore argues, as do some priests, that capitalism is compatible with Christianity. To drive the point further, he uses clips from ''Series/JesusofNazereth'' edited dialogue to show what Jesus would be like as a captalist:

* HidingBehindReligion: The film presents many crooked businessmen as doing this, claiming their ill-gotten gains as a gift from God, while Moore argues, as do some priests, that capitalism is compatible with Christianity. To drive the point further, he uses clips from ''Series/JesusOfNazereth'' edited dialogue to show what Jesus would be like as a captalist:

- Creator/MichaelMoore

* HarsherHins