Having already learned some about US foreign policy and censorship of information, this documentary did not completely take me by surprise. Much of public opinion is shaped by available news sources. Those sources are often owned by large corporations whose best interest is to keep the public ignorant of crucial details in a cycle that ultimately results in the corporations staying in power. They do this much like the metaphor of a newspaper receiving surgery in the documentary. It is almost impossible to find an unbiased news source, which is incredibly frustrating.
The part that makes the situation seem the most hopeless is that people have known this for years. More and more people learn about how the social classes interact and why the wealth gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing, but it seems like nothing will change. It's as if one group makes a push in the right direction, but the news outlets controlled by the corporations are able to smother it by just doing nothing.
It really makes one wonder how long the cycle can go before the system collapses and the majority can no longer keep the minority afloat.
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