My guess is that you
suspect something is wrong – terribly wrong.
Somewhere along the way,
our marginally functioning system has become critically
dysfunctional. What went wrong? Follow the money...
Ignorance of bliss is not
bliss.
Ignorance of reality is
dangerous.
Ignorance of danger is
self destructive.
In every society, there is
a constant struggle between the builders and the predators – the
innovators and the extractors – the nurturing and the exploiters –
sometimes even the slaves and the slave-holders. The course is never
clear, and the choices never easy. But the struggle has made us
stronger. It has also made our would-be exploiters smarter.
The primary issue is
simple; carrying capacity.
There's only so much milk
the cows can give – especially when they aren't fed well any more.
And there are only so many taxes the people can pay – especially
when they aren't paid well any more.
The wealth extractors
always want more – because there are always more of them.
...And as always has been,
the more powerful the wealth extractors get, the more they become
like slave-holders (or even predators).
It appears that today's
wealth extractors have become more powerful than the government of
the United States of America. Face it; we know who tells whom what do
in our government... We know that our votes don't count nearly as
much as they should... The oligarchy ignores us. But only because we
let them.
The biggest monopolies are
multinational now. Our nations will have to work together to limit
their power. This is the one thing the super-rich oligarchs fear –
which is why you see so much “one world government” negative
propaganda. They want us to keep fighting amongst ourselves. They
don't want us to organize. They don't want a UN with
real power.
If humanity organized
worldwide, we would have the power to break these monopolies up –
and sometimes, we really really should.
If they come to us for
bail-out money; we should break them up.
If they callously break
the law, and people die; we should break them up.
If they stifle life-saving
innovation; we should break them up.
If they manipulate our
governments to loot our wealth; we should break them up.
But we haven't promoted
authentic capitalism. We've allowed the biggest companies to merge
and acquire each other for decades now – until they've become “too
big to fail.” (Translation; too big.) These dangerously big
companies are growing even stronger now – and more predatory. For
example; the big banks forced America and Europe (and the world) to
give them billions of dollars because they gambled away our savings.
And behind our backs; they borrowed trillions from theFederal Reserve (at our expense).
…
Most of the time; what we
see anymore is really only pretend capitalism. Check
for yourself. Take a drive across town in the nearest city. Every
five minutes, you see the same set of big corporate business signs
(and you know that many of them are owned by one of the other
corporations). Local businesses are like endangered species. I see an
oligarchy. I see a small group of people making greedy decisions that
are, at best, only good for themselves, and only for only a short
while.
As simply as I can put it;
taking is not making. And a take over is not a make over.
Monopolies are well known
for two things: eventually selling us garbage, at over-inflated
prices. Ultimately, this isn't good for anyone – because good ideas
(which our society desperately needs) get ignored.
Let's face it; we're all
trying to get ahead on the same planet.
But if we trash the planet
in the process, nobody gets ahead.
Paper profits don't amount
to shit in a crappy world.
If we bring back real
competition, good ideas will follow. If we nurture that competition
in the right direction, we could even create a stronger civilization
in a healthier environment. That's what we really want.
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