2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Forget Sanders and Clinton for a moment. This is a symbolic schism that has been long brewing [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)1)Bill Clinton (and others of his ilk) were not dragged kicking and screaming into all of it. They actively pushed many of the things that have caused the biggest problems.
2)Mergers have not been opposed, except for a very few instances (such as the recent telcomm things, thank God). It;s still happening....There has been nary a peep iver the years as these monolithic monopolies were being formed..... I guess I donlt share your belief that there is nothing that can be done to control them.....Or at least put up a fight, and drive public opinion against them. What are we helpless? I disagree.
3)I'm not talking about the 40;s or even the 50's. We were reaching a point where it was a somewhat livable wage by the 60;s and 70's, but then it was allowed to slide, as part f the geneal deterioration of out political and economic systems towards gross inequality and corporate banditry.
4)Concentration of wealth is too damn complicated to discuss here. Except to say yo are isolating certain cat=uses and ignoring or disregarding others. Besides politics, there is a matter of public morality and common sense that should come into play. That can't be solved by politics alone, but at least the bully pulpit should be employed in politics as part of that.
5)MY own OP was stepping ouside the usual personality frame. But most Sanders supporters here (me included) are enthusiastic about Sanders. If you don't see that, then you are deliberately not looking at it honestly, As for your spittle comment -- people who live in glass houses...