In this documentary, Where to invade Next, Michael Moore visited a couple different countries to take stable concepts Americans need from other countries and incorporate them in their lives here in the U.S. He also compared the ideas of education, prison system, vacation, welfare, school lunches, college funds, lifestyle, and working advantages between various other countries system and the U.S system.
First, Michael Moore went to Italy, he found that Italian employee’s benefits were raised to a higher standard than a American employee. Italians get a eight week paid vacation for holidays, a five month paid maternity leave to spend time with their family and newborns, and have the advantage to leave their workspace and enjoy quality family time at home for two hours. An American employee wouldn’t really get these benefits from work unless you get a good job. Most Americans only get a half hour and an unpaid lunch break and a two week maximum paid vacation. Next, Michael went to France, where he grasped the difference between American school lunches and French school lunches. He showed us a school cafeteria and menu in France. He found out that France, no matter how poor the school is, give their students healthy, gourmet courses for lunch. He also understood that the French wanted to make lunch a class to learn mannerisms and a chance to share and socialize with their friends. He compared this to American lunch and learned that the French were more family orientated. After France, Michael Moore looked into the lifestyle of the Germans. He found out that a German employee only got 36 hours a week, but get paid for 40 hours. If the employee towards their job, they had the convenience of getting treatment, as well as a break in a spa to relieve their stress. Germany also has a law against bosses contacting employees after work to avoid stress in their work life. Michael made the conclusion that Germans were worried about their employees not having stress. As the Germans say, avoiding stress is “the key to success”. After taking a visit to France, he went to Slovenia, where he discovered that they provided no funds for college. They not only provided this opportunity to their citizens, but also to foreigners. Michael found some American students in Slovenia, and when asked why they moved here, they said it was for the fact that the college education was free and had no student debts there. Following Slovenia, he went to Finland, where he comprehended the fact that children in other countries are mostly relaxed. It’s no surprise to us that Finland is the highest ranked the school in the world, but when Micheal found out why, he was utterly shocked. He found out that the students there only get four hours a day, with a twenty hours a week, and no homework. He made sense of the fact that Finland wanted their students to be family orientated, just like France, Germany, and Italy, and to grow up to be good people. They believed this concept would avoid crime rates. Speaking of crime rates, Michael found out that Norway’s crime rates were very low. He did some research and found out that this was because Norway had a completely different prison system than the U.S. Instead of locking them up all day, Norwegians had more freedom to roam around and attend school, as well as living in individual homes instead of cells. Towards the end, he visited Tunisia and Iceland, where he was surprised that the countries gave women and men equal opportunities. For example, Tunisia gave women free healthcare on their needs. At the end of the film, Michael Moore pointed out that the successful system and concepts of the countries he visited developed their system off the U.S constitution. But, the question here is why doesn’t America follow these concepts themselves.
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