Michael Moore interviews Tony Benn

In these excerpts from SiCKO, Michael Moore interviews Tony Benn, a former member of British Parliament. The man very eloquently makes some good points about why things are so screwed up in this country.

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[TinyArts]

Proud Swede and Scandinavian here ! We went our own way. Took abit of capitalism and socialism, mixed it together "Nordic style" and created the most secure and peaceful countrys in the world. Denmark, Norway and Sweden. We leave non in our society behind. We think that keeping people alive (healthcare) is the nr 1 priority and then when that is fullfilled we can battle eachother on a free capitalistic market. We also got private healthcare as a option.

[ChairmanBlimp]

tony benn for p.m.!!!

[N1755L]

@TinyArts

Indeed, you have lots to be proud about!

[N1755L]

@imaccuish

Hahahaha.... you'll have those imbecile right-wingers all flummoxed now with that kinda talk. Those bloody animals think that by appropriating all of the resources of the commons for themselves, for their own greedy purposes, and that by exploiting and enslaving their fellow countrymen, they think that they are somehow better than anyone else.

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And a video comment on hypocrisy:

watch?v=5IASIiMZzPE

[mjswans]

@mastersanchez99 Yes....against the will of those who earned it. They sell it as some moral obligation and no one is fooled anymore by their pandering to special interests....so they close their ears, lose their minds, and wildly accuse those who call them out.

[mastersanchez99]

@mjswans redistributing it the wrong way

[LadySpitz]

I just love his accent. And more importantly, he speaks about right things.

[JPH18account]

@imaccuish well you say that but it was still done with money taken from the productive forces of capitalism, further more some of your examples are in correct - the education system was originally built by private enterprise and philanthropists, hospitals were originally built by private enterprise and charities, hundreds of years before the government took over, the highways and the railways were actually built privately until they where nationalised and i'm going to run out of characters....

[imaccuish]

Government spending - aka "socialism" - built the highways, the railways, the canals that allowed capitalism to develop. It built the hospitals and medical system to keep the workers healthy and further build capitalism. It built the education system feed workers and minds into the capitalist system. And it built the police forces and armed forces to defend capitalism.

[mjswans]

Socialism is alot like the banking system. No product, just redistributing the wealth.