Film Film Screening: Golden Rule – The Investment Theory of Politics

cork | arts and media | event notice Monday May 24, 2010 19:44 by Eric - WSM Solidarity Books, 43 Douglas Street, Opposite Fionn Barras, Cork City

Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics, by Jonathan Shockley, provides an in-depth analysis of the role of money in politics. Can a society whose political system functions in accordance with the self-serving strategies of big business call itself democratic? Is limited, programmed public participation occurring every few years worthy of such an esteemed categorization? “Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics” provides startling answers to these questions–reinforced by an increasingly bleak political climate–and makes a case for social organization free from tyrannical institutions of any variety.

Using UMass Professor Thomas Ferguson’s Investment Theory of Party Competition as a launching pad, the film explores the political process in the United States and unavoidably paints a grim picture of its internal tendencies. Chief among its assertions is that the collective efforts of blocs of investors have more to do with national political victories than either popular participation or relevant issues.

“A most important project” -Noam Chomsky


“I like it a lot…[its] segments ‘move’ [and] are both appropriate to the themes and hold the viewer’s interest.” -Thomas Ferguson, UMass professor


“…excellent” -David Cromwell, editor medialens