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November 11, 2009

Millionaire Actor Despises Capitalism

Posted by Gregory of Yardale at November 11, 2009 9:30 AM

Jim Carrey was the first actor to be paid $20,000,000 per picture. His ability to make faces and talk out of his butt-cheeks has made him one of the wealthiest men in Hollywood. So, what does he think of the capitalist system that enabled him to amass such great wealth.

"Every construct we’ve built in American life is falling apart. Why? Because of personal greed and ambition. Capitalism without regulation can’t protect us against personal greed.. . ."

So, greed is bad, and capitalism must be regulated. That must be why he and fellow left-wing actors are demanding that congress cap their enormous paychecks, as left-wing progressives in congress are doing to the financial industry? Oh, you mean Hollywood progressives aren't demanding pay caps? Oh, well, never mind. I am sure that someone who despises greed and ambition as much as Carrey does has turned his back on Hollywood and decided to make movies within a highly regulated collective structure, where all cast and crew are paid equally, and the films are distributed at modest cost to entertain the masses. Oh, wait, he hasn't done that either.

So, can we conclude that Mr. Carrey's actual position is that unregulated capitalism is bad when it allows people other than him to become rich?