crebigsol
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Several missing points here. I did not say only the socialists invented or held this belief, but I did say it was a typical view found among socialists and the socialists exploited this view to the fullest extend for their agenda of power usurpation. Can you deny it?It was a quite common belief held at the time and had little to do with whether or not one was a socialist.
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... congress with a view to encourage great corporations to present a united front in the struggle for markets abroad."
Yes, yes, yes...Thank you for all these resourceful references. But please answer me several simple questions regarding these references.
1. All these references point the finger at monopolization of capital. Why is there not a single reference about monopolization of monopolization of labor force? In my initial (between you and me) message I emphasized the coexistence of both types of monopolization in the capitalist society.
2. So far, have you found any capitalist country that is dominated by a single capitalist? In other words, if this has ever happened, in the case of America, this single capitalist, by one person or one family, will dominate Boeing, Mcdonal, AT&T, Jack in the Box, Chevron, GM, Ford, GE, CitiBank, AiG, ... including, but not limited to, all three branches of the government. In comparison, in the socialist countries, which, ever since their debut, have never stopped for one second all hysterical screaming against monopolization found in capitalist country, must monopolized anything the leading core can reach in their country: Kim Jeong Ill in North Korea, Castro in Cuba, Nicolae Ceauşescu in Romania, Mao Tsetung in China (That he actually missed the opportunity is not because he didn't want it but because his heir could not survive the situation). A typical example is Hugo Chavez. He expressed extreme hatred toward America for the monopolization nature he detected about this country. Back home, however, he extended his monopolization action step by step: currently seeking 25 year term presidency.
3. In the later part of your message, you said "The role of the state is to maintain the conditions of its rule, not to attack monopolies. It will do so generally only insomuch as it prevents the collapse of the system." Have you seen any socialist county "do so generally only insomuch as it prevents the collapse of the system" by enacting any law against power monopolization? On the contrary, for example, the Chinese constitution stipulates that "Chinese Communist Party leads everything in China". Leading everything must mean monopolizing everything in political operation and no other explanation is allowed.
4. So, now, as a summary of the above questions, please answer me, while monopolization of capital is intolerable, why "leading everything", power and capital all together, in the absolute control of a "chosen" few must be so acceptable by the entire population?
So to say that the "government is working hard" is somewhat of a lie.
So, please tell me that no anti-trust law or anti-trust law suit ever exists in the capitalist country, or that all these law and law suit is not a result of working by someone but just exist like weed in a lawn, appearing by themselves. Please also tell me how AT&T was once broken up, how Microsoft must pay a huge sum in Europe because of violation of anti-trust law? Do you think such huge sum can also automatically flow into your wallet without a successful law suit? Did you ever complaint that starting a law suit is too energy demanding?
Does it invalidate mine?Finally, to say that it's actually necessary for government to enact such laws validates my point.
Competition transforms into monopoly. This is a historically established fact.
Nobody denies it here, except that socialist exploit this fact to build a bigger monopolization with far more cruelty, while at least some capitalists willfully try to relax it to a certain extend in capitalist countries.