Dani, while I understand your reaction, I don't think either the book or the movie say that.

The message from the book AND the movie is about people's resilience, their ability to roll with the punch and live through the terrible things that sometimes happen.

Now, what a thoughtful viewer may make of the terrible circumstances shown is another matter, but I don't see either the book or the movie as setting out to teach that "there's got to be a better way" or any other political message.

Dave Oesterreich