Dude, Wheres My Country by Moore

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Dude , where is My Country ' is a book written by Michael Moore and published by Penguin Books in 2004 . In this book , Moore provocatively and boldly discusses several socio-political events in America . He takes on George W . Bush , the Conservative brigade and corporate wheeler dealers in America and offers wide ranging remedies which place the country 's redemption squarely on the shoulders of the liberal forces The author dissects America 's

problems in s ranging from tax cuts the Iraqi war , among others and demonstrates the failure of the nation-state to be a direct consequence of conservative ethos

Moore first seeks to debunk what he calls the `Big Lie , that America is inherently and pervasively conservative . He terms this belief as a propagandist fib , perpetuated by the right in to put down the liberal masses . .So , in the tradition of all propagandists , they lie . They create an opposite truth : AMERICA IS CONSERVATIVE . Then they pound away with that false message so hard and so often that even their political opponents come to believe that it 's true ' Moore asserts (Moore , 2003 page 2

To prove that most Americans are indeed liberal , Moore gives facts which demonstrate majority support for the Civil Rights movement abortion , the Roe vs Wade ruling , the Green movement , gun restrictions universal healthcare (or socialized medicine as he puts it , community as opposed to jail service for...