Filmmaker Michael Moore has a knack for making people mad. Some people get mad at him, while others get mad at the institution that has a harsh florescent spotlight shone upon it by Moore’s latest anti-establishment documentary. Alleged corrupt politicians and corporate monsters scurry in different directions towards the nearest dark hole until re-emerging into damage control mode, after the release of a Michael Moore film. The surge of bureaucratic panic that accompanied the release of both 2004’s Fahrenheit 911 and 2007’s SiCKO, is a testament to the scary thought that Moore is actually on to something. While it is no secret that the United States is sometimes plagued by the ills of its own hyper-capitalism at the expense of humanity, Moore has managed to drudge up enough factual and compelling evidence to make empathetic Americans ask the very same question he posed during his film SiCKO – “Who are we?” And come to think of it, why are we the only civilized, westernized society to not provide single payer Universal healthcare to each and every one of our citizens? Who are we, when we can spend twelve billion dollars a month on the war in Iraq, but cannot find it in our hearts to take care of one another here at home? Why does our capitalism have to lead us down a path of “me” as opposed to “we?”

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