11/2/2017 0 Comments Summary of Where to Invade Next
In the documentary Where to Invade Next, Michael Moore travels around the world to different countries. While he visits these countries, he finds different things that the people do in their country to try to be the happiest they can be. The purpose of his trip was to take ideas from these countries and try to incorporate them in America to try and make America a better place.
The first country he visited in the film was Italy, where workers have a 2 hour lunch break, receive 5 months maternity leave while getting paid, and they have 8 weeks of paid vacation a year. Then Michael went to France, where the school cafeteria gives their children a 4 course meal of actual food, instead of the slop us American children got in school cafeterias. France considers lunchtime an hour long class, and the children learn manners and how to eat civilly. France also teaches students about love; particularly, sexual love. America teaches kids abstinence, but France teaches kids how to be safe about sex to prevent outbreaks of sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy. Moore then went to Finland which has the top education system in the world. The kids do not receive any homework because the people believe that kids should be kids and they should spend time with family, playing sports, etc. The kids go to school for only 20 hours a week, including their lunch break. The people in France do not give their kids standardize testing, and they think that America should stop this tradition because it is not beneficial in our lives. Another country Moore went to is Slovenia, where college students can go to college for free and they do not have any debt to pay off from school. Moore then goes to Germany, and finds out that people work 36 hours a week, they get paid for 40 hours, and when work is done, work is done. It is illegal for a boss to contact their workers for work related things if they are on vacation, and companies are not allowed to email their workers after work hours. The next country that was visited was Portugal, and here, all drugs are legal. Whether someone has drugs on them or they are using them, there is no illegal aspect about any of it. After Portugal, Moore traveled to Norway and saw how the prisoners are not treated horribly like they are here in America. The only thing that is taken away from them is their freedom, and they are not punished in any other way. Even in the highest security prison, the prisoners are given keys for their rooms, good food, clothes, and much more. The next country that Moore invaded was Tunisia, where the governments funds women’s health clinics, which includes abortion. The people here believe that women should have equal rights as men, and so do the people in Iceland. Iceland was the final country that Moore invaded. In Iceland, women had the exact same rights as men. There are women on boards and in almost every business, and having these women has proven that life in Iceland has definitely improved. In the end, all of these countries have particular rules and a way of living life, which makes them happy and appreciative about themselves and the people and the life around them. If America adopts some of these standards, we could too be as happy as these countries.
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