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31st May 2011, 09:14
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I thought this movie was excellent (aside from the liberal moralism). For those who don't know who Jack Abramoff is or what he did, do some quick research now (via Wikipedia or something). The areas of this film that I found to be even more interesting than the parts about the investigation against him (which resulted in him being convicted of fraud, conspiracy, and tax evasion) were the parts that dealt with his past as an influential member of the College Republican National Committee. He participated in "rallies" against Communism where they burnt Communist symbols (the hammer and sickle among them) and the USSR flag, among other insane things. What really took me by surprise was that after Abramoff joined Citizens for America they "staged an unprecedented meeting of anti-Communist rebel leaders known as the Democratic International in Jamba, Angola. This conference included leaders of the Mujahedeen from Afghanistan, UNITA from Angola, the Contras, and opposition groups from Laos." Their conservative revolution was clearly not out of "moral outrage" (and that has never gotten us anywhere anyway) but out of the fear of losing all their privileges and assets. No matter where you stand politically you cannot honestly say that the Contras, the Mujahedeen or those motherfuckers from Angola were not some of the most ruthless, backward motherfuckers of that time period. No so-called "atrocity" ever committed by any sort of Red revolutionary has ever equaled the ruthlessness and malicious violence of any of those groups. What those fuckers fought for makes them even more despicable.
The other area of this film that actually made me start swinging fists at the television was about Saipan and Northern Mariana Islands, the exotic haven of "unregulated capitalism". Capitalists swept into this US-owned territory and began doing what it is capitalists do, exploiting the population and the flocks of economic refugees who made their way to Saipan from places like China and Indonesia in search of work, wasting away the resources and environment of the territory, and leaving a sex slave-populated hellhole in their wake. Workers in these unregulated factories were working up to 18 hour days, 7 days a week for absolute chump change. Women workers were being raped and sexually dominated. Some were even forced to have abortions. Independent investigators found chains used to lock women to their work spaces. This is slavery we are talking about here. This is capitalism. Congressmen from the US frequently visited these islands and the previously mentioned factories, and returned to the US with the statement "everything looks fine". Only one congressman returned to the US with a scathing critique, mainly due to the fact that he was offered a kidney in return for "airfare back home" money by a desperate factory worker.
I "enjoyed" this film.
I thought this movie was excellent (aside from the liberal moralism). For those who don't know who Jack Abramoff is or what he did, do some quick research now (via Wikipedia or something). The areas of this film that I found to be even more interesting than the parts about the investigation against him (which resulted in him being convicted of fraud, conspiracy, and tax evasion) were the parts that dealt with his past as an influential member of the College Republican National Committee. He participated in "rallies" against Communism where they burnt Communist symbols (the hammer and sickle among them) and the USSR flag, among other insane things. What really took me by surprise was that after Abramoff joined Citizens for America they "staged an unprecedented meeting of anti-Communist rebel leaders known as the Democratic International in Jamba, Angola. This conference included leaders of the Mujahedeen from Afghanistan, UNITA from Angola, the Contras, and opposition groups from Laos." Their conservative revolution was clearly not out of "moral outrage" (and that has never gotten us anywhere anyway) but out of the fear of losing all their privileges and assets. No matter where you stand politically you cannot honestly say that the Contras, the Mujahedeen or those motherfuckers from Angola were not some of the most ruthless, backward motherfuckers of that time period. No so-called "atrocity" ever committed by any sort of Red revolutionary has ever equaled the ruthlessness and malicious violence of any of those groups. What those fuckers fought for makes them even more despicable.
The other area of this film that actually made me start swinging fists at the television was about Saipan and Northern Mariana Islands, the exotic haven of "unregulated capitalism". Capitalists swept into this US-owned territory and began doing what it is capitalists do, exploiting the population and the flocks of economic refugees who made their way to Saipan from places like China and Indonesia in search of work, wasting away the resources and environment of the territory, and leaving a sex slave-populated hellhole in their wake. Workers in these unregulated factories were working up to 18 hour days, 7 days a week for absolute chump change. Women workers were being raped and sexually dominated. Some were even forced to have abortions. Independent investigators found chains used to lock women to their work spaces. This is slavery we are talking about here. This is capitalism. Congressmen from the US frequently visited these islands and the previously mentioned factories, and returned to the US with the statement "everything looks fine". Only one congressman returned to the US with a scathing critique, mainly due to the fact that he was offered a kidney in return for "airfare back home" money by a desperate factory worker.
I "enjoyed" this film.