Capitalism: A Love Story Page #3

they'll have to vomit on themselves

and there's some sort

of cleansing process that occurs.

The vultures

aren't actually killing,

they're the ones

doing the clean-up.

Which bank you want?

Bank of America?

What we do is we tap into data...

and boom, voila.

Here we got 3,400 foreclosing

by Bank of America.

Gotta love it.

As we collect data,

it's giving us

the insight into the battlefield,

almost like a drone that flies

over the battleground in Afghanistan

or in Pakistan or in lraq.

The current asking price is 355.

Again, it was purchased for 840.

A little bit of a discount.

You're gonna have two...

Our people are using

that data to be able to go in

and try to steal properties,

legally and ethically,

but take them at the bare-bone

bottom price.

lt's all about taking right now.

Look at the-- look at the roof--

completely gone and missing.

We haven't had a hurricane

in five years.

( laughing )

Welcome to the housing crash,

Miami style.

So this-- this is what capitalism is

and this is why the information

is so critical.

We go in there,

we alert them to it,

and if they like it, you know--

( imitates shotgun )

- Look at the window.

- Look at that.

Looks like the house

next door was on fire.

This is straight up capitalism.

- Fire damage.

- l wonder if somebody was living there...

zalewski:
Everybody's got

this desire to go in there

and take advantage

of others' misfortunes.

Somebody asked me,

''What's the difference between

you and a real vulture?''

l said, ''lt's very simple.

l don't vomit on myself.''

Our topic today:

What is capitalism?

Capitalism?

Well, why should there be

any question about it?

Hasn't it given us the highest

standard of living in the world?

We're free to try to make a profit,

to just get by, or to fail.

That's what capitalism is:

a system of free enterprise.

Now tell us what

''free enterprise'' means.

Moore:
l went to see

my friend Wally Shawn,

a playwright

and sometimes actor.

lnconceivable!

Moore:
But Wally also studied

history and politics

and even a little

elementary economics.

Free enterprise

is a form of words

that is intended

to conjure up in your mind

a little town with different shops.

And the guy who runs

the best shop

has the most customers.

Narrator:
There is the basis

of the capitalistic system:

the profit motive.

He's in business to make money.

Shawn:
The original

theory of capitalism

is that it's a very clever way

of society voting on what goods

it wants made.

What do you use this for?

That's-- l could use that

for practically everything l ever do.

You know, society votes.

They like the way this guy

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