Corporate America has been allowed to turn the media into a monopoly and it is past time to enforce the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up the monopolies. And I also believe we need to reenact the media regulations that Reagan stripped.
Capitalism and Big Business articles on Democracy Chronicles
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The Problem With Capitalism Without Conscience
I have a friend who was in seminary and he told me one of his professors had said, ”democracies rise and fall by the morals of its people”. I believe this to be true, but why have so many Christian and Republicans sided with the cause of evil?
Corruption Leads to Halt of $100M US Alcohol Study
Revealing the secretive way that employees negotiated with beer and liquor companies to underwrite the effort
Greed, Karma and the Decline of America
While there are more billionaires being made in China, it is now time to note and understand the condition of our fallen empire. We did not get here by accident. It was the plan and purpose of Wall Street and the banking community.
A Synopsis Regarding the Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana
This is not heroin or cocaine; there have been literally zero deaths by way of marijuana-overdose in the history of man. It’s due time we allow marijuana to be legalized, regulated primitively, and sold accordingly.
Unelected Power: Central Banks and the Regulatory State
Paul Tucker explains how to ensure unelected agents of the administrative state remain stewards of the common good
The Democracy Fighters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
I finally understand how, when the Spanish Civil War ignited, a group of young Americans— inexperienced militaristically but politically aware— chose to fight the ideologically-destructive fascism. Their fight was one for democracy worldwide.
Conglomerate Slammed For Promoting Partisan News
Sinclair Broadcast Group criticized for pushing a pro-Trump stance across several local media channels
VIDEO: Discussion on corporations and the American constitution
A discussion on the long and complicated history of corporations in America, starting with British East India Company
Why Rand Paul’s attempts to Audit the Fed is a win for Americans
Rand Paul has once again proposed a bill that would mandate the GAO to conduct an audit of the Federal Reserve’s transactions “for or with a foreign central bank, government of a foreign country, or non private international financing organization.”