Flint's story was typical, Moore tells us here, of the devastating effects of mass layoffs throughout the country. The workers don't complain because the prospect of reapplying for their old jobs as temporary workers without benefits or paid vacations is just too tempting. The idea is to diffuse confrontation, since the employee cannot have a one-sided argument. Such sledgehammer tactics have their appeal. Such questions are clearly on the mind of people who strike up conversations with Moore everyday, he says.
Any fool can see that.
Right says Moore, the CEOs making millions are in collusion with the politicians holding office, and both want you to blame your financial problems on immigrants, welfare mothers, gun laws, Whitewater, or whatever has replaced the Evil Empire these days. This book, like his films, is a lethal weapon.