The story of stuff was created to inform viewers on our current situation when it comes to the world and its resources. Textbooks used in schools have started to become outdated as knew scientific evidence appears pushing teachers to the decision of presenting this video as a supplement.  While very informative the video comes across as extreme and one-sided and some would even say anti capitalist and anti government. This is because Annie Leonard makes comments such as “If you don’t own or buy a lot of stuff you don’t have value” and “should be represented as a tank because the government spends over 50% on the military.” Not only are the comments offensive to many the second is actually incorrect as data shows it is approximately 20%. For me the video made lots of good points and contained information that needed to be fed into the world but her “simple” way of presenting it distorted her message into one-sided semi-extremist views that only pointed fingers, never proposed any possible solutions, and avoiding any positive improvement shown in the world. This gives the overall video a pessimistic feel like it is trying to scare us into changing instead of motivating us to do what is needed.