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- videos@hexbear.net
Sicko was released in 2007. This is where the American people were right before Obama was elected on a for a good part a healthcare mandate which he sold out the first day to Romneycare, a Republican plan which is now known as Obamacare or the ACA.
Yup, I remember this movie. As silly as it is, I think Micheal Moore helped stear me away from the right. Because even though my family is all very right-wing, I caught these movies when I was very, very young. I think I saw Bowling for Columbine when I was like 10. He may be a lib, but he details what is wrong about America on a systemic level in a easy to understand and entertaining way, which I think is good for educating “non-political” types.
a classic example of a guy whose personal takes and political strategy is often wrong and bad but whose formal, edited work stands on its own. this doc is basically framed as agitprop even.