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.If they are not out of line, thenthe harm they do is relatively small and there is no pressing needto disrupt them.1.Ibid., p.154. THE ULTIMATE MONOPOLY 195194 WORLD WITHOUT CANCER: Part Twoyour own property is the extent to which someone else has aIt follows, therefore, that cartels and monopolies could notshare of ownership in it.So the chief owns all the property, andflourish as they do if they existed in a political environment ofthat theory about holding it on behalf of his followers is just alimited government.Conversely, the more extensive the power ofruse to keep them more or less content with the situation.government, and the more it is accepted by its citizens as theLikewise, our own TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) and theproper regulator of commerce, then the more fertile is the groundnational parks supposedly are owned by "the people." If youfor the nourishment and growth of monopolies and cartels.really think you own a part of them, however, just try to sell yourIt follows, also, that if big government is good for cartels, thenshare.The TVA, the national parks, and all the other "public"bigger government is better, and total government is best.It is forproperty is owned by those who determine how it is to be used.this reason that, throughout their entire history, cartels have beenWhich means they are owned by the politicians and the bureau-found to be the behind-the-scenes promoters of every conceivablecrats and the people who hold financial power over them.form of totalitarianism.They supported the Nazis in Germany;In communist and socialist countries, almost all propertythey embraced the Fascists in Italy; they financed the Bolshevikssupposedly is owned by "the people" which means by the threein Russia.And they are the driving force behind that namelesspercent who are members of the ruling elite.In the final analysis,totalitarianism that increasingly becomes a grim reality in theeveryone is a capitalist.All desirable property is owned byUnited States of America.someone.And some of the world's greatest wealth is veryAt first glance, it seems to be a paradox that the "super rich"privately owned by communists and socialists who loudlyso often are found in support of socialism or socialist measures.Itcondemn the "evil" doctrine of capitalism.would appear that these would be the people with the most toSo just owning property does not make one a capitalist.Thelose.But, under socialism or any other form of big govern-more classical and correct use of the word should include thement there is no competition and there is no free enterprise.additional concept of free enterprise, the open marketplace withThis is a desirable environment if one is operating a cartelizedan absence or a minimum of government intervention.It is withindustry and also has powerful political influence "at the top."this connotation that the word capitalist is used here.That way, one can make larger profits and be part of the rulingReturning to our point of departure, monopolists never can beclass as well.These people do not fear the progressive taxationfree-enterprise capitalists.Without exception, they embrace eitherscheme that oppresses the middle class.Their political influencesocialism or some other form of collectivism, because theseenables them to set up elaborate tax-exempt foundations torepresent the ultimate monopoly.These government-sponsoredpreserve and multiply their great wealth with virtually no tax atmonopolies are tolerated by their citizens because they assumeall.This is why monopolists can never be true capitalists.that, by the magic of the democratic process and the power ofIn the narrow sense of the word, a capitalist merely is atheir vote, somehow, it is they who are the benefactors.Thisperson who believes in the concept of private ownership ofmight be true if they took the trouble to become informed on suchproperty.But that is not an adequate definition for a clearmatters, and if they had independent and honest candidates fromunderstanding of the ideological conflicts between the termwhich to choose, and if the political parties were not dominatedcapitalism, as it generally is used, and opposing concepts such asby the super-rich, and if it were possible for men to win electionssocialism or communism.In many primitive tribes there suppos-without vast sums of campaign money.In other words, theseedly is no such thing as private property.Theoretically, all thingsmonopolies theoretically could work to the advantage of theare held by the chief on behalf of his followers.The net result,common man on some other planet, with some other life formthough, is that the property belongs to the chief, because he canresponding to some other motives, and under some other politi-do with it whatever he pleases.Freedom of use is the test ofcal system.As for us Earthlings, forget it.ownership.If you think you own a piece of property but cannotThe reality, therefore, is that government becomes the tool ofuse it without permission from someone else, then you do notthe very forces that, supposedly, it is regulating.The regulations,own it, he does.The extent to which you do not have control over 196 WORLD WITHOUT CANCER: Part Two THE ULTIMATE MONOPOLY197upon close examination, almost always turn out to be what theHere is a rare glimpse into the cartel mind.Note that, in thecartels have agreed upon beforehand, except that now they have"new" socialism, there will be no conflict with economic initiativethe police power of the state to enforce them.And it makes it(for the cartels) and no threat to a "private capitalist economy"possible for these financial and political interests to become(meaning the private ownership of wealth, not the free enterprisesecure from the threat of competition.About the only time thatsystem).Capital will be "regimented" and "concentrated in thethese regulations are used to the actual detriment of any of thenational economy and directed outward with uniform impetus"multi-national companies or financial institutions is when they(controlled by government according to cartel priorities)
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