{"id":31037,"date":"2018-12-29T07:45:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T12:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=31037"},"modified":"2019-01-22T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T14:52:59","slug":"review-of-11-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=31037","title":{"rendered":"Review of 11\/9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We saw Fahrenheit 11\/9 on the opening day, September 21. In all fairness here, I\u2019m a fan of Michael Moore\u2019s films. I cheered after watching Fahrenheit 911<\/em> in 2004. I think Sick-O,<\/em> on the U.S. health care system, helped bring universal health care into public discourse and Bernie Sanders was its political voice. Bowling for Columbine<\/em> brought out attention to guns and the 2nd amendment. At the end of\u00a0 these movies, I cheered. I felt hopeful.<\/p>\n

At the end of Fahrenheit 11\/9<\/em>, I wanted to weep. I wanted to move to another country.<\/p>\n

This movie is Moore\u2019s most powerful and disturbing depiction of the U.S. and of democracy as a system. It scared me. It underscored everything I\u2019ve felt about trump since he announced his candidacy – that he\u2019s a conman, a sham, a lover of authoritarian leaders who would like to be prez for life. He\u2019s a crude narcissist who doesn\u2019t give a shit about anyone except himself – and maybe his family.<\/p>\n

But as Moore drives home in the film, trump and the republicans aren\u2019t entirely to blame. The democrats haven\u2019t been blameless. They\u2019re the supposed \u201cold guard\u201d of democracy, but have manipulated things according to what the party wants. Case in point. In West Virginia\u2019s primaries, Bernie Sanders won all 55 counties. But at the Democratic Convention, the delegates from that state declared their candidate as Clinton. In other words, since the democratic party wanted Clinton, it rigged the count in WV\u00a0 so Clinton would become the candidate.<\/p>\n

Sanders appears in Fahrenheit 11\/9, <\/em>talking with Moore about\u00a0 his campaign, a<\/em>nd these scenes were moving for me. I got choked up seeing all the incredible energy he triggered among young people.<\/p>\n

There\u2019re scenes of Obama in Flint, Michigan, where he supposedly sipped from a glass of Flint\u2019s water\u2026and basically gave a pass to the state\u2019s governor, who created the situation that led to lead poisoning of more than 10,000 young kids. I Googled it when I got home and it’s depressing.<\/p>\n