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Reflecting on Where to Invade Next The documentary Where to Invade Next really opened my eyes to things going on in the United States. I always knew we as a country had issues but I guess I kind of always choice to turn a blind eye to them. I never really wanted to accept that maybe we are not as great of a country as so many Americans make us seem. Moore really opened my eyes to the injustices we are facing as Americans. We deserve better than what we are being given. Moore visited countries such as Italy, Finland, Germany, Norway, Iceland, and a couple of others. When Moore was in these countries he talked to people about things such as the work week, paid vacations, school systems, war on drugs, rehabilitation, and health care. My boyfriend and I always seemed to disagree on our opinions in most of these areas. I always defended the United States. I always believed were on top. I do not want to come off as ignorant to our problems as a country though. I am very aware of the social injustices going on. I guess what I always choose to ignore or to think we could make better were the issues with our school systems, health care, and the justice system. But over the past year and after watching this documentary I am not so sure. I know things are not going to change overnight but it seems as though we as a country are going in the exact opposite way we need to be going. The policies in the other countries would of course have to be customized to the United States but I think it would really benefit us to adopt some of them. As Michael Moore said throughout his documentary all of the ideas discussed started in the United states.
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