Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics (whole documentary)

"A most important project" -Noam Chomsky, Institute professor MIT

"...a magnificent and entertaining introduction and elaboration upon an important way to understand the crisis in American democracy today"
-Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois prof. co-author, The Death and Life of American Journalism

"I like it a lot...[its] segments 'move' [and] are both appropriate to the themes and hold the viewer's interest." -Thomas Ferguson, UMass professor

"[Combines] real cinematic exuberance [with]... startling answers to questions [about democracy]" - Scene-stealers.com

"...excellent" -David Cromwell, -editor medialens

Read the review at http://www.scene-stealers.com/blogs/overlooked-movie-monday-golden-rule-the-i...

The definitive documentary explaining the influence of money on politics by Joinathan Shockley. If you like it, consider buying the high quality DVD or donating a few $ at http://goldenruledocumentary.blogspot.com/

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[thankqwerty]

His comment at around 35:00 about doubled GDP so people could work half as much is imo wrong. His reason was "the market doesn't let us", that's correct but he didn't mention the market was made of people. If no-one in the whole world willing to work more than 8 hrs day that market force would never existed. The market forces us to work hard is because people are willing to work harder - we are genetically engineered to want to do better than our peers, competition is our nature.

[mr1001nights]

Chattel slavery was also "made of people". But which of these "people" have more influence? In the case of chattel slavery, masters. In the case of the market, capitalist bosses who force wage slaves to work for them under threat of starvation, poverty& social stigma/status diminution.

The market prevents ppl from exercising the choice to work less because it makes worker's self-management of industry harder to pursue.

It destroys the participation required to realize the will of individuals

[thankqwerty]

@mr1001nights

My other question is how much power was taken away from the people and also how much was given up by them. I.e. when campaign spending is the best predictor of election results and voters voting without knowing the candidates' policies, do you see that as innocent people manipulated into that gullible position or you see that as irresponsible, lazy people giving up their right and power.

I haven't made up my mind yet, would be interesting to know what you think.

[mr1001nights]

"They who have put out the people's eyes reproach them of their blindness." The more power one has to affect things, the more responsibility. Those at the bottom have individually less responsibility than those at the top. The interests of capitalists & wage laborers differ--control exerted by capitalists will tend to undermine worker's control. And capitalist unions (e.g chambers of commerce) will undermine workers unions and influence government & ideological institutions (media, schools etc)

[kenderoth8]

It's sad that this documentary isn't more widely circulated. It's very informative.

[ytgv3fc7]

@thankqwerty I don't know why you find it hard to believe. What good can social status do me? It does not pay me, it does not feed me, it does not house me. My attitude has great relevance to this discussion; others out there are like me, not like your assumptions. Maybe even a majority. A lot of people want to get by without being exploited, probably don't care about social status. So social status is NOT a driving force of the market. It's a fact you're making shit up.

[foxyd3]

Anybody have the original video for the song around 48:00?

[TheJooberjones]

really dig the video, as well as all the old school cartoons and clips thrown in, where'd you dig all those up??

[sk8tafrnk]

@raoulhery Communism is the same line of thinking as socialism is.

Communism is a stateless society with no concentration of power. Fascist dictatorships however, like Russia, Nazi Germany, North Korea and the like, have highly concentrated power. It's the exact opposite of communism.

Don't get mixed up, this is common propaganda. The terms socialism and communism have both been distorted to a point of being completely useless terminology.

[sk8tafrnk]

@kenderoth8 Well, that's kind of the trend with dissident opinions to the interests of the wealthy elites. Get with the program haha.

[FillingtheVoidRevues]

Great documentary!

[raoulhery]

6000views?? that's why american see socialism as evil! Socialism is a way to share wealth equitably not the 99% vs the 1%. Unfortunately corporate thinking kills socialism making it look like communism!

[Endstation]

@AMP2K1 The Mondragon coops (google Assesing Mondragon) or John Lewis Partnership are two successfull examples of employee ownership and democratic capitalism/ market socialism. See the excellent book Beyond the corporation by David Erdal.

[Endstation]

@AMPK The Mondragon coops (google Assesing Mondragon) or John Lewis Partnership are two successfull examples of employee ownership and democratic capitalism/ market socialism.

[12TabulaRasa12]

awesome video