"It is largely due to the influence of German socialist theoreticians, particularly Sombart, generalizing from the experience of their country, that the inevitable development of the competitive system into "monopoly capitalism" became widely accepted. ...How little there was of inevitability in all this, and how much is the result of deliberate policy, becomes clear when we consider the position of England until 1931 and the development since that year in which Great Britain also embarked upon a policy of general protection. It is only a dozen years since, except for a few industries which had obtained protection earlier, British industry was on the whole as competitive as, perhaps, at any time in its history. ...To argue that this development has anything to do with the technological progress during this period, that technological necessities which in Germany operated in the 1880's and 1890's made themselves felt [in Britain] in the 1930's, is not much less absurd than the claim, implied in a statement by Mussolini, that Italy had to abolish individual freedom before other European people because its civilization had marched so far in advance of the rest! ...That [in Nazi Germany] the suppression of competition was a matter of deliberate policy, that it was undertaken in the service of the ideal which we now call planning, there can be no doubt. In the progressive advance toward a completely planned society the Germans, and all the people who are imitating their example, are merely following the course which nineteenth-century thinkers, particularly Germans, have mapped out for them. The intellectual history of the last sixty or eighty years is indeed a perfect illustration of the truth that in social evolution nothing is inevitable but thinking makes it so."
Excellent excerpt, jemcgarvey. It's plain to see. It takes an informed populace to thwart this progression. Look around, ain't happening.
It's true, the monopoly men I mentioned in the Rockefeller thread are highly invested in education. It's all about control with collectivism. The corporations and money-manipulators can easily use collectivist organisation to enact their fascist agendas. They always oppose individualism and freedom, with no exception. They convince Americans we have a free market and society, when in reality we've been on a path in direct opposition to freedom.
That's funny. My corporation in no way resembles what you describe. We're a family. Government is my enemy, not my boss.
So a "family" looks to each other for profit? They cut each others throats to further their own agendas and enhance their own portfolios? Strange these "corporate" families. Sounds like you're brainwashed beyond repair. Don't forget to work through lunch and volunteer for free overtime now! Your "family" appreciates it.
I know this may (*)(*)(*)(*) you off, but my company offers bonuses and incentives for good performance. My company profits, I get a piece. You are so ignorant of corporate culture. Why don't you a (*)(*)(*)(*)ing try and join one once? Very few corporations run the way you claim. You know what? I may be brainwashed..but you are a (*)(*)(*)(*)ing ignorant ass who has no clue what he is talking about and that is even worse.
Look no further than the ties between the Bush cabal, wall st, and financial institutions to find the sources of the corporate grip on this country. When corporate greed is rewarded with bonuses and handouts you know we're all fkd.
And that means that your business is not in the business of glad-handing with the government. I'm talking about the top levels who use the government to screw the competition. The big dogs. That's what they do.
Family run or not, every corporation is a group of people at heart, and none is any worse than the sum of its members actions. Some people in business use their power to keep the state in their pocket, and some build railroads from scratch bringing affordable travel to ordinary citizens. Some exploit their contracts to hawk expensive weapons on the tax payer's dime, while others produce software and microprocessors that nearly every American uses. They all may be capitalists by definition, but the minute a corporation steps beyond capitalism, i.e. private sector methods, it becomes corrupt. Sometimes it may be a tool of the state, others the state may be its tool, but in either case the private citizen is tyrannized by the marriage of selfish interest and absolute power.
