Inequality For All - A Must Watch Documentary

An amazing documentary! A must watch for all. One of the most meaningful and important ones I have seen in a long time. I have had it on my list for a while and I finally got around to watching it.
I'm sure my Republican friends wanted to go on a shooting rampage after watching it. It pretty much demolishes the Republican economic outlook (This myth of "Trickle Down Economics"). The evidence is simple and difficult to argue against. I haven't studied economics since high school, and I am handicapped when it comes to that topic. However, even with my minimal knowledge, I like to think I have constructed a mildly reasonable outlook. My point is, if someone as stupid as myself can grasp these concepts, any idiot should be able to understand how this works.
The only disappointing part about the documentary is that it only looks at how to make capitalism a better system and bypasses a larger view of the system itself. What if the system at its best is still not up to par?? We could strengthen the middle class and make things more efficient and better, but that doesn't change that capitalism is a system based off of constant consumption. Why do you need a new iPhone every year when the one you are using now works perfectly fine? What are we paying in social and environmental costs to keep this flawed system afloat? Those issues aside, it is a great look at the economic issues we face within a specific scope.

Don't Be Afraid To Be A Crazy Person

"Don't be afraid to be a crazy person".
I love that message, but it's a thin line to tap dance. You have to be a progressive crazy person, and not just a crazy crazy person. There are plenty of crazy crazy people in this world. People who want to do harm and/or believe things based off subjective belief and not off sympathy, reason, and logic. A progressive crazy is only the illusion of crazy. A progressive crazy is someone who is years beyond the current standards of thinking.
I often feel out of place and crazy, and I often fear that I am just a crazy crazy. I hope this is not the case, but there is no good way of telling. It drove me nuts that I felt so different when I was young, but I've come to embrace it as I become an adult. With the help of time and trial & error, I feel more and more that I am a progressive crazy. I am learning that I feel out of place with many of my peers because I am, in fact, different and crazy. My peers are the normal ones, but hopefully as time passes, my crazy stances will prove to be normal and mild. I really need to surround myself with more crazy people.

I hope to apply to Berkeley in the near future. I'm very glad that they changed their minds and let Maher speak. He isn't always right, but man, is he a free thinker and fearless. It would be so cool to attend a school that allows people like Maher to speak, and that has such a prestiges history.