When people think of an “average Joe” they think of a working class man who has a family of two or three. He lives in a house with a mortgage, has a car that works — hopefully – and a job that pays enough to live by. If he is lucky, he has a little fun every now and then. We don’t typically think of an “average Joe” as a guy who makes millions directing movies and writing books.

Michael Moore is the self-proclaimed model for the working class. His latest work, “Capitalism: a love story,” seeks to point out the corruption of corporate America and insurance companies. It’s clear the financial situation of America today is affecting all our lives and needs comprehensive reform. The problem with Michael Moore is that he can’t relate to the common man.

Naturally, college students are drawn to someone like Michael Moore. He wants to challenge the status quo and be a revolutionary. Young people revel in this style of propaganda. College students don’t want to be told what to do. They want independence and the freedoms it incurs.

The problem is that while most of us are eating ramen noodles and pokey sticks, Michael Moore is eating Filet Mignon.

He has pulled off an ingenious scam. People actually believe that capitalism has nothing to do with the millions he has made. Where does he think the money comes from? People are spending their hard earned money on his movies and books. Is it not ironic that he is able to profit off bad mouthing capitalism when it’s what creates his source of income? It is not possible to justify making millions without giving credit to capitalist society. It would be impossible to make this kind of money in any other economic system. He has taken advantage of the public’s misfortunes and turned it into profit for himself.

He is offering a product that is in high demand, and people are buying it — sounds capitalistic to me. One of the main arguments of capitalism is that it exploits people in order to make a profit. It appears that Michael Moore has exploited millions by feeding off our nation’s recession.

If you’ve been fortunate enough to avoid this trap, watch out, “average Joes” are everywhere. Look at the previous election and its results. Our new president, Barack Obama, and “average” Joe Biden used this same form of deception to gloss their public image. Obama is just another jenny from the block. He grew up in modest circumstances and rose to greatness, promising changes of greatness on his platform. Needy Americans would get what they need to survive and wouldn’t have to struggle to make ends meet.

But who got the bailouts? Banks and financial companies, the same people who were carelessly giving out loans they knew couldn’t be repaid. It is difficult to see how this money distribution has helped out anyone except the ones who put us in these situations. Be wary of “average Joes,” the term seems to have a different meaning these days.