Reply #57: I remember back in the 80's

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something that my anthropology professor said in class. He said that there never has been pure Communism, but US would be the first. I don't think he got it quite right, but if these huge corporations merge to the point where there only a few with less or no competition---think about pepsi-co merging with Coca Cola and Beatrice has taken over food companies like Rosarita and sells everything from lamps to food. Huge corporations cornering the food market, the oil industry, utilities. We will be captive consumers, with less and less choice. Less choice in goods, self-service instead of customer service as more and more "service" industry jobs are lost. And the few behemoth corps. will just get bigger and bigger and have more power over us. This is a main concern for me. We talk about corporations working with the government against the people is fascism, but what happens when the corporations become the government against the will of the people? When there is not even an illusion of democracy--a corporate entity that merges as one huge behemoth monster controlling the resources of not only the US, but the world. the corporation becomes the state. Sounds a little sci-fi, huh? Kind of reminds of the movie, Brazil.