Monopoly and Communism
Let us now examine how it is that all known governments have either been subjected to the law of monopoly, or else organized according to the communistic principle.
First let us investigate what is understood by the words monopoly and communism.
Contemporary supporters of an expanded role for government are increasingly moving away from calling themselves liberals toward referring to themselves Progressives, so it is worth considering what the ideology of Progressivism entails.
As the financial crisis of 2008 took shape, the policy recommendations were not slow in coming: why, economic stability and American prosperity demand fiscal and monetary stimulus to jump-start the sick economy back to life. And so we got fiscal stimulus, as well as a program of monetary expansion without precedent in US history.
Uber, Lyft, and similar rideshare companies represent a direct threat to state-controlled taxi cartels and their (increasingly unsellable) medallions. Now a class action lawsuit against Uber has been cleared for a federal court jury in California, alleging that its drivers should be classified as employees rather than independent contractors.
Judge Napolitano points out that if government is spying on everyone, it’s not spending it’s time on spying on those who are most likely to actually use violence against others. Napolitano explains:
This morning, the UK Office for National Statistics released the news that UK CPI has fallen into negative territory (-0.1%) for the first time in almost six decades. Both the Bank of England and the British media steered clear of mentioning the word “deflation”, preferring to use the rather newfangled term “negative inflation.” The little (and believed, temporary) dip in the price of a basket of consumer goods was acknowledged as a slight relief for British households.
Almost 30 years ago, in grade school, I remember being made to watch a documentary in school called “The Plight of the Honeybee.” Since then, articles and documentaries about how bees are disappearing have become routine.
The New York Times yesterday featured an interesting article that notes how the specifics of the internment experience, at least in some places, are fading. The Amache Camp, located in southeast Colorado, for example, is now largely forgotten:
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