GM Documentary

As difficult as it was to watch the documentary on the town of Flint, it was very eye-opening to what was going on during that time and in the lives of those living through it. Much of the documentary was very disturbing such as the scene with the de-furring of the bunnies as well as having to see the sheriff evict people from their homes on Christmas eve. It was disappointing to see that Michael Moore never really got to talk to Roger Smith, although the whole video was about him trying to locate him and speak with him about the plant closings. I don't think that what GM did was completely wrong because they were trying to advance their company. As the king of the auto-world, they were simply trying to make their business better and to keep providing service to their customers. Yes, in doing so, they put 30,000 people out of jobs and arguably destroyed the appeal of an entire city, however they were not bound to honor the citizens of where the business originated. Moore and others argued that Smith and GM owed some sort of tribute to the town of Flint and its people because it originated there, however Smith and the companies pleaded they were only doing what was essential to helping their business. Their expansion did put people out of jobs in Flint, but it opened up jobs elsewhere and overseas...I think the people of Flint could have done a better job of looking for other jobs instead of just complaining about their existing situation. It is really sad to see what closing that plant did to the city of Flint, however I do not think it was GM's intention or Smith's intention for that matter to do that to those people. I am sure they thought that there would be some type of other employment for them to find, however, their main goal was obviously just to help out the company and in doing so they unfortunately did not accurately/adequately assess the effects it was going to have on an entire town.