This Is A Brilliant Documentary

Our world needs a lot more media communications like this one.
“In a series of interviews spanning four years, leftist social critic Noam Chomsky discusses how the concentration of wealth and power among a small elite has polarized American society and brought about the decline of the middle class.” (Rotten Tomatoes).
Chomsky has used his considerable intellect and knowledge to analyse how contemporary neo-liberal economic theory and practice has managed to drive deep divisions into American society. He outlines twelve ways that this ideology, and its political chieftains (Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II plus government agencies, corporations, and media like Murdoch's), have operated to drive the movement of wealth away from the lower and middle classes, to the advantage of the super wealthy. The film is an incisive unveiling of the individual neo-liberal strategies that have led America into the path of increased general poverty.
American economic theory has increasingly been on a path that has led to more and more members of ‘middle America’ realising that the promise of a steady job, one that pays a reasonable wage, is being strangled by the tactics of the money managers who seek instead to aggregate wealth into the hands of the top 10% and the large corporations.
The one thing that is lacking in the movie is that Chomsky perhaps cannot see an immediate way out – but we see that in these days the rise of Bernie Sanders shows there is a groundswell of protest and opposition to current neo-liberal economics. Who would have believed a few years ago that a U.S. politician would have been able to proudly proclaim “I am a Socialist” ? – and receive a heartening massive number of adherents.
Is the tide of fairness and economic justice turning? – it will be interesting to see if this hopeful movement can flower in the near and distant future. But the current movement is hopeful:
“Whether you like it or not, socialism is back in fashion and it is gaining support among America’s youth. A recent YouGov survey found that 43 percent of respondents under the age of 30 had a favorable view of socialism. Only 32 percent had a favorable view of capitalism.
Another recent survey, this one by Republican pollster Frank Luntz, found in the words of U.S. News’s Ken Walsh that “[58] percent of young people choose socialism over capitalism [which was chosen by 33 percent of young people] ... as the most compassionate system. Sixty-six percent say corporate America ‘embodies everything that is wrong with America,’ compared with 34 percent who say corporate America embodies what's right with America. A plurality of 28 percent say the most pressing issue facing the country is income inequality—one of [Senator Bernie] Sanders’ top themes.” (The Atlantic 1 March 2016)