Book Review: Recovering from the Man

There is no such thing as "free market" capitalism; there are many conditions enforced by law, (courts, police and military if necessary) which are passed and/or negotiated by legislators and appointees of the state. Trade treaties are complex, running hundreds or even thousands of pages of details of what, when and under which conditions items may be bought and sold among the parties to the agreements. The crux of the matter is that wealthy, influential business interests lobby, donating large sums to lawmakers, to have details included in trade agreements and domestic law that are favorable to their profits, to the exclusion of the health and welfare of the majority of the population. The population is not well organized and has few resources to buy representation. Businesses hire expensive public relations firms to extensively propagandize for a favorable image, to justify to the population the necessity for the damages to their health and welfare, and to extend the ever present threat of financial armageddon if the businesses' interests are ignored or transgressed upon. The education system fulfills the role of propagandizer of the youth to condition them to accept the dominance of the wealthy over the majority. Only persistent and diligent radicalized education can offset the mindless apathetic acceptance of the status quo present in the US now.

There is no such thing as "free market" capitalism; there are many conditions enforced by law, (courts, police and military if necessary) which are passed and/or negotiated by legislators and appointees of the state. Trade treaties are complex, running hundreds or even thousands of pages of details of what, when and under which conditions items may be bought and sold among the parties to the agreements. The crux of the matter is that wealthy, influential business interests lobby, donating large sums to lawmakers, to have details included in trade agreements and domestic law that are favorable to their profits, to the exclusion of the health and welfare of the majority of the population. The population is not well organized and has few resources to buy representation. Businesses hire expensive public relations firms to extensively propagandize for a favorable image, to justify to the population the necessity for the damages to their health and welfare, and to extend the ever present threat of financial armageddon if the businesses' interests are ignored or transgressed upon. The education system fulfills the role of propagandizer of the youth to condition them to accept the dominance of the wealthy over the majority. Only persistent and diligent radicalized education can offset the mindless apathetic acceptance of the status quo present in the US now.