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I start with the premise that mega rich corporate America actively seeks to rule the roost by using their vast almost monopolistic wealth and conversely --- HATES --- competition.
Three examples to make my point. (1) original Backpacker magazine. (2) original mountain bike and mountain bike action magazines. (3) Clear channel communication corp.
(1) in the early days of Backpacker magazine, the staff would buy any and all backpack equipment and put it through rigorous testing. At that time, they had a 5 star rating system where #1 sucked & #5 was excellent. Big company's put out their crap with a spit polish shine to grab money. Also --- MANY --- independent small company's put out inovative , practical equipment.
When backpacker magazine would honestly tell public that big corporate stuff was junk and small independents were inovative and usefully functional, the big corp was furious. So solution for big bucks greed ridden was to buy out backpacker magazine and all successful small independents. The outcome was creativity was subordinated for corporate profits and honest broker reporting was replaced by advertisement vehicle pointing to corporate products. They killed innovation and competition.
(2) mountain bike mags (original), again advertised all small creative players and gave honest evaluation.
So again, corporate bought them and turned useful critizisum into advertisement for their own monetary benifit. Also they bought out all independent bike manufacturers . The outcome was death to creativity and public choice(s) . Corporate once again stifled compitition.
(3) clear channel broadcasting bought out all independents they could so only their perspective is broadcast 24/7. You & me mostly hear what corporate wants. No competition , corporate rules.
Now to my point.
Same thing with aircraft manufacturers. Do they research and you will see the death of creativity and the monopolistic grip big biz has on options for America to choose aircraft. You buy what the thief wants at the thief price, no other company to turn to. Hence the f35. But corporate is making big $$$. And that's what matters to the conniving.
All across the country (USA) this has been taking place.
Go USA, the whole world looked with hope for leadership and got corporate instead.
That's the unfortunate sickening truth.
Three examples to make my point. (1) original Backpacker magazine. (2) original mountain bike and mountain bike action magazines. (3) Clear channel communication corp.
(1) in the early days of Backpacker magazine, the staff would buy any and all backpack equipment and put it through rigorous testing. At that time, they had a 5 star rating system where #1 sucked & #5 was excellent. Big company's put out their crap with a spit polish shine to grab money. Also --- MANY --- independent small company's put out inovative , practical equipment.
When backpacker magazine would honestly tell public that big corporate stuff was junk and small independents were inovative and usefully functional, the big corp was furious. So solution for big bucks greed ridden was to buy out backpacker magazine and all successful small independents. The outcome was creativity was subordinated for corporate profits and honest broker reporting was replaced by advertisement vehicle pointing to corporate products. They killed innovation and competition.
(2) mountain bike mags (original), again advertised all small creative players and gave honest evaluation.
So again, corporate bought them and turned useful critizisum into advertisement for their own monetary benifit. Also they bought out all independent bike manufacturers . The outcome was death to creativity and public choice(s) . Corporate once again stifled compitition.
(3) clear channel broadcasting bought out all independents they could so only their perspective is broadcast 24/7. You & me mostly hear what corporate wants. No competition , corporate rules.
Now to my point.
Same thing with aircraft manufacturers. Do they research and you will see the death of creativity and the monopolistic grip big biz has on options for America to choose aircraft. You buy what the thief wants at the thief price, no other company to turn to. Hence the f35. But corporate is making big $$$. And that's what matters to the conniving.
All across the country (USA) this has been taking place.
Go USA, the whole world looked with hope for leadership and got corporate instead.
That's the unfortunate sickening truth.
I am glad some of the forum members here get the truth. The question is what do we do about it? The only one who ever really did anything about it was Ralph Nader. Unfortunately we have no one like him today. Instead we have the Clintons who are corporate xxxxxs and are being endorsed by the vialist of corporate thugs. I have done what I could regarding this issue. For many years I have taught students about it and they do get it. The problem is that people are made powerless and the amount of propaganda and misinformation that is spewed by corporations and the government that they own, far outdoes anything positive we try to do. As everything including the media and the school systems become possessions of the corporate elites, it becomes harder for people to see the truth.
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