Social Values In Michael Moore's Stupid White Men

Michael Moore presents in the introduction to his book, Stupid White Men, a thesis that shows an incredibly liberalized point of view. His thesis pertains to the idea that there has been a dissension in societal views and morals due to the lack of liberal representation in the government. Moore highlights his thesis by providing an innumerable amount of complaints including several details of post-Bush election chaos and upset the country has faced. He writes, “The only thing that matters is that we, collectively, as Americans, all know that someone has pulled the plug on our all-night binge” (Moore 1). He also provides readers with an anecdote about layoffs, over the border commerce versus in-states commerce, and minimized healthcare. No matter …show more content…
He later goes on to say that “We ought to be demanding action from our representatives, and swift retribution against those responsible for these climate changes” (Moore 5). While some of this argument is agreeable, some of it is not. Take for example Moore’s utter panic over sunbathers going out on an unusually warm day in February. This is something that should be complained and worried about because it is completely unnatural for it to be that warm in Chicago in February and could be an early sign of global climate change. The second quote given however is not as agreeable. In it, Moore places the blame off of himself entirely and onto others. This is totally inappropriate coming from someone with as much media and potentially political power as him. Just as it was previously said, Moore is very good at presenting ruthless complaints, but providing absolutely no solutions to the complaints given. This is no exception. Moore should be trying to put his time, energy, and especially money into climate change research and global warming awareness, but instead he plows his way into the fourth category: social …show more content…
This is all presented to readers by Moore’s strong words against the Bush ‘election’, societal greed and loss of morals, and falling apart of society due to the lack of a central and liberalized government. He does not relent on the political bias, let his readers (or the rest of the world) know that he is a millionaire fifty times over, or give any solutions to the republican problem that society has now become. All in all, Moore is a stupid, white man just as bad as the rest of the one percenters and lacks the ability to truly sympathize with those in need, those who the lack of liberalized government is really