A Story about Loving Capitalism?

Over the past weekend, my hubby and I saw Michael Moore's current documentary/dramady "Capitalism, A Love Story." I usually enjoy Michael's films, as I find him intelligent, creative and quite thought provoking. He has a tendency to lean towards the dramatics to make his point, but he's always fun to watch and I tend to agree with most of his politics. I find that it's usually the manner in which he tries to make his points that gets him into trouble.
I enjoyed this film, but I'm not certain that enjoy is the correct word. I appreciated this film. The movie also made me laugh, cry and become quite frustrated. It's a difficult film to watch. It's essentially the history of capitalism in the USA and how it became so prevalent. It was hard watching scenes of the economic crisis over and over again. It's just so heart wrenching.
It's tough seeing ways of how many of these tragedies could have been avoided if the powers that be acted on behalf of the greater American public instead of their own personal gain. That's a tough nut to crack. What happens now to all that's been corrupted and troubled? Who is able to help? How are they going to do that? Is it even conceivable that help is possible?
I was quite thrilled, I have to say when President Obama took office last year. He certainly had the intelligence, charm and wit that I wanted with a new president. He also had decency, good sense, progressive thinking and diplomacy which I feel has been lacking in the White House for many years. While watching this film, it became quite clear that President Obama has inherited a large pile of poop from previous administrations. I can't blame the Bush administration for everything (even though that would be fun) but Clinton had a hand in it, Bush senior as well as Reagan. I really don't know what poor President Obama will be able to accomplish, but Heath Care is on it's way and it's a start.
The movie shows the audience all the worst things about politics. Things that you thought would be done for the greater good, wasn't. Things that big business wanted to push in order to increase their own profits, were allowed and supported by high levels of government. It's incredibly sad. It seems to me that the American government has really failed the American people.
As an American Canadian living in Vancouver, I thank my lucky stars that I live in Canada and not the US. We may not get all the wonderful things that living in the US would give me, like frozen fat free pizza and fat free twinkies but I'm willing to give that up for so many of the incredible things that I take for granted here. Well...I wouldn't mind a fat free twinkie sometimes.