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The Cyclic Oligopoly Complex


     It happens over and over again, the cyclic oligopoly complex.

 
   Everyone jumps on board with a company, it could be any company. Take a store like Walmart or a cable company like Comcast, or an internet company like Google or Facebook. The cycle begins when the majority of people invest their time and money into it, making it a giant that subsequently can't be beaten. The company then starts buying other companies, eventually working its tentacles into as many areas of your life as possible. In the U.S. we actually have a law for this, the "antitrust law". Why do we keep enabling this?

It's about time that we re-define what "government" is in our minds, as consumers, living in a consumer driven economy. 

 What does it matter what you call it, government, or the private sector. If it's in control of what you require to lead a meaningful life, it's a government. 

Despite that — what I call — fact, we still view corporations as separate from government. To make my point even clearer, consider that corporations spend exorbitant amounts of money on lobbying for policies that favor their goals.

Despite that your grandmother told you to not put all of your eggs in one basket, we keeping flocking to whatever gets dangled in-front of us. Just put a dollar sign, tits, ass, or some other marketing icon on it.

 People need to recognized their role in giving such pervasive power to one entity. I say it's wise to diversify who and what we make powerful.
   
When companies get to such high levels of power, they tend to behave in oppressive ways.

"Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts, absolutely."


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