Free enterprise, often cited as America's economic system, has been dead for many years. We have now moved into an era of Monopolistic Capitalism. To all you conservatives who bray and whine about our need to get back to unfettered free enterprise, get over it. That ship sailed along time ago.
I will not even attempt to make a list of giant corporations. For one thing, the names are ever shifting. In addition, the names don't matter. When you examine things you begin to find that what seem to be competing corporations are often owned by one, even bigger corporation. Not only that, what seem to be competing mega-corporations often have many of the same people as major share holders and members of the Boards of Directors often switch back and forth from one to another.
These mega, monopolistic corporations are not even fascist in orientation. In fascism, the State and Corporations run nations together, These Corporations barely give lip service to government. Why should they when they own them? In all countries where they get a toehold, which is just about all countries, they simply buy off the government. That is the case in this country.
Don't believe me? Look at what Big Pharmaceutical companies get a way with. They put out a huge number of products that are anywhere from ineffective to near poisonous, at enormous costs, all with the consent of the FDA, which is supposed to watch and protect the American citizens. And the same thing goes on in every industry there is.
Mega Corporations do not see and do not recognize National borders and they own the governments. Of all the players in our little game of Risk, they are the most dangerous. Still, there are a few more bit players and, next post, I will mention them, briefly. then, over the next couple of posts after that, I'll tell you what I think is happening and how, maybe, this all might end (maybe not as bad as many think).
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