Michael Moore: U.S. Was ‘Founded on Genocide and Built on the Backs of Slaves’
The ever-controversial, far-left filmmaker Michael Moore is back at it again, this time disparaging the U.S. by accusing the nation of having been "founded on genocide and built on the backs of slaves."
“It’s not envy, it’s war, it is a class war, it’s a war that’s been perpetrated by the rich on to everyone else. The class war is one they started. The mistake they made to deal with the racial part of this, is, um, their boots have been on the necks of people of color since we began. This is a nation founded on genocide and built on the backs of slaves, alright, so we started with a racial problem.”
Moore delivered his inflammatory remarks on CSPAN while speaking on the topic of poverty in America. Watch the clip below. It will be sure to raise pulses:
Some may feel that, as merely a film director, Moore's views are largely irrelevant. Others argue, however, that his movies (typically posed as documentaries) reach and have the ability to influence a wide audience, thus indoctrinating a host of those less informed into believing the same ill-begotten narrative. While some may brush off accusations that the U.S. ever perpetrated "genocide" (especially given that the assertion is not based on fact) as preposterous, on the broader scale Moore's comments may reflect a commonly held viewpoint in the liberal community at large -- the view that "colonialist" America only achieved success through "genocide" -- or, implementing wide-scale, race-driven mass-murder -- and the through the exploitation of slaves. For a growing contingent, Moore and others who share similar mindset are no longer viewed the harmless, "misguided yet well-meaning" ideologues his supporters have painted them to be. Do you think Moore's societal influence is profound, or negligible? (h/T: WZ)