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An Unreasonable Man

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quotation, "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
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Besides featuring Mr. Nader himself, the film presents interviews with current and former members of Nader's Raiders, including
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Unstoppable: The Emerging Left–Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State
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2006 American documentary about consumer protection champion Ralph Nader
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The documentary has an aggregate of 92 percent based on 63 reviews on
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focused on citizen power, including his disillusionment with the
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The first half of the film examines Nader's advocacy for
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The second half of the film traces Nader's shift to a
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that traces the life and career of political activist
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Index


Henriette Mantel
Ralph Nader
Pat Buchanan
Phil Donahue
William Greider
Eric Alterman
James Ridgeway
IFC Films
Sundance
documentary film
Ralph Nader
consumer protection
perennial presidential candidate
2000 U.S. presidential election
Joan Claybrook
Robert Fellmeth
Phil Donahue
Pat Buchanan
Eric Alterman
George Bernard Shaw
auto safety
seat belts
air bags
invasion of privacy
General Motors
Nader's Raiders
Federal Trade Commission
Food and Drug Administration
grassroots form of organizing

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