http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/02/13-1
I've written about some monopolies/near monopolies, like the control of 90% of the media by now five major corporations, reportedly.
One thing citizens of all political orientations shoulbe be able to understand is that monopoly is the achilles heel of capitalism - the inevitable result, if not prevented by outside force, read government.
I've said excessively concentrated wealth is one of our biggest dangers - one of the reasons is that it enables monopoly. That includes creating the political support for it, as the link above discusses.
Monopoly in turn is a natural partner for fascism. Monopoly fears government restraint, leading it to want the political influence to prevent such restraint; as a monopoly, it has the finiancial power to get that political influence, if the democracy is one where money is allowed to dominate, as ours is - now more than ever. It's a natural partnership - where politicians can get a big advantage to election by the support of the monopoly, and that spport can get the monopoly protection from opposition by the government. It's a natural partnership - and naturally compatible with fascism.
What better way for this dirty alliance to protect itself from the masses than to appeal to patriotism, to use nationalism, to neutralize its opponents? Advocates for reform are now disloyal.
It's one of many reasons to reign in concentration of wealth, reign in the role of money in politics, to reign in monopoly and 'too big to fail' - and 'too big to stand up to by citizens or politicians'.
It's a lot easier to fix these things now than after they get worse.
The Republicans aren't in a position to do it. The corporatist Democrats aren't in a position to do it. The Libertarian, the tea party, aren't in a position to do it. That leaves the Progressives.
We're at a point few citizens are aware of much of any of this consolidation of wealth and power going on - just a few symptoms, as their wealth is drained, and they are given propaganda who to blame.
I've written about some monopolies/near monopolies, like the control of 90% of the media by now five major corporations, reportedly.
One thing citizens of all political orientations shoulbe be able to understand is that monopoly is the achilles heel of capitalism - the inevitable result, if not prevented by outside force, read government.
I've said excessively concentrated wealth is one of our biggest dangers - one of the reasons is that it enables monopoly. That includes creating the political support for it, as the link above discusses.
Monopoly in turn is a natural partner for fascism. Monopoly fears government restraint, leading it to want the political influence to prevent such restraint; as a monopoly, it has the finiancial power to get that political influence, if the democracy is one where money is allowed to dominate, as ours is - now more than ever. It's a natural partnership - where politicians can get a big advantage to election by the support of the monopoly, and that spport can get the monopoly protection from opposition by the government. It's a natural partnership - and naturally compatible with fascism.
What better way for this dirty alliance to protect itself from the masses than to appeal to patriotism, to use nationalism, to neutralize its opponents? Advocates for reform are now disloyal.
It's one of many reasons to reign in concentration of wealth, reign in the role of money in politics, to reign in monopoly and 'too big to fail' - and 'too big to stand up to by citizens or politicians'.
It's a lot easier to fix these things now than after they get worse.
The Republicans aren't in a position to do it. The corporatist Democrats aren't in a position to do it. The Libertarian, the tea party, aren't in a position to do it. That leaves the Progressives.
We're at a point few citizens are aware of much of any of this consolidation of wealth and power going on - just a few symptoms, as their wealth is drained, and they are given propaganda who to blame.
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