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Michael Moore's propagandistic film Capitalism: A Love Story disparages capitalism by unearthing real stories about Americans who have been mistreated, abused and ripped off by our system. Though Mr. Moore's films are obviously biased toward the left, they do often contain nuggets of truth that are sometimes surprising. Such is the case with Capitalism. The following images are generated from a leaked Citigroup document Mr. Moore used to illustrate his point that the rich are out to get the poor. The document claims to have coined the phrase "plutonomy" which in the leaked memo is summed up as follows: "Our thesis is that the rich are the dominant drivers of demand in many economies around the world (the US, UK, Canada and Australia). These economies have seen the rich take an increasing share of income and wealth over the last 20 years, to the extent that the rich now dominate income, wealth and spending in these countries" " ... A backlash against plutonomy is not imminent....so long as electorates feel they are getting rich in absolute terms, even if they are less well off in relative terms, there is little threat..."
This is a rather enlightening document, shedding light on the heartless power that the rich now have over our democracy. There are numerous sites that have deconstructed this document, quoting highlights that are the most damning. We won't do that here. Instead heres the document for out readers to look at for themselves. You can download a pdf file here.                  
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