Michael Moore gets it

I'm a fan of Moore. I don't agree with everything he says, and I'm not that much of a prankster myself, but to each our own, right? But I think his arguments come from a state of good faith. I really think he's much more open minded than people give him credit for..take for account Bowling for Columbine, in which I guess was going to be your gun control argument #234 and became a great dialog on fear and its effect on the human condition. The greatest movies are said to be about the human condition, are they not?

But Michael Moore goes on my list of people who get it. Thanks to RandyH over at Comments at Digbys, it's a rundown of the end of Sicko. I haven't seen the whole movie yet..not playing locally yet. So I'm not sure if this is the end of the movie, or something else. It matters not. Moore gets it.

It was hard for me to acknowledge that in the end, we truly are in the same boat. And that, no matter what our differences, we sink or swim together. That's how it seems to be everywhere else. They take care of each other - no matter what their disagreements. You know when we see a good idea from another country, we grab it. If they build a better car, we drive it. If they make a better wine, we drink it. So if they have come up with a better way to treat the sick, to teach their kids, to take care of their babies, to simply be good to each other, then what's our problem? Why can't we do that? They live in a world of WE, not ME. We'll never fix anything until we get that one basic thing right. And powerful forces hope that we never do - and that we remain the only country in the western world without free, universal healthcare. You know - if we ever did remove the choke-hold of medical bills, college loans, daycare and everything else that makes us afraid to step out of line, well, watch out... because it will be a new day in America. In the meantime, I’m gonna go get the government to do my laundry.

It's not just America, to be honest. ME is an influence in other places as well. However, with a lack of health care for all, America is behind the game. Far behind.

But it's obvious that Moore gets the big picture.