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citizens end up worse off even as the elites get rich and corrupt. that resource curse is an academic thing people have talked about for years. i think we should see russia as suffering from that sort of its on its own terms and i think that s part of how we got them in our sights in 2016. there s so much in this book. i get thinking of of frank norris book, the octopus. muckrakers of the early part of you re smiling because you know you re on the same terrain. you re a great muckraker because you pointed out there s something malevolent about oil and these extractive industries, not just destroying economies but destroying culture, the corruption that comes from it. you talk about these oil guys like tillerson and their coziness with russia. the fact that russia gave this guy a medal before he even became secretary of state. what is it about the malevolence of oil? i don t know what to say except you ve really captured a point of view.
almost always makes your country more poor. it almost always hurts the rule of law. it almost always results in a worse society with more violence, more propensity to get involved in war and your citizens end up worst off even as the elites get rich and corrupt. that resource curse is an academic thing people have talked about for years. i think we should see russia as suffering from that sort of its on its own terms and i think that s part of how we got them in our sights in 2016. there s so much in this book. i was thinking of the great muckrakers of the early part of you re smiling because you know you re on the same terrain. you re a great muckraker because you pointed out there s something malevolent about oil not just about destroying economies but destroying culture, the corruption that comes from it. you talk about these oil guys like tillerson and their
home faucets, that was botched. tonight there s still no plan to get bottled water to the thousands of homes other than telling people to come and get it. and now a federal judge is deciding if people in an eastern section of the city are eligible for bottled water as well because their lead levels tested lower. if it sounds like flint, michigan, there s a reason why this situation has a lot in common with flint, michigan, starting with benign neglect and continuing tonight with paralysis, which brings us to our next guest here in the studio. we are pleased to welcome a michiganander, a muckraker in the finest tradition. michael moore is with us tonight. thank you for coming in. thank you for having me. at the very top, an obvious difference between this and the michigan situation is a sea of blue governor, mayor, both senators. hey, one senator has a newark