we have 6 media corporations owning 95% of ALL media
in this country… Walt Disney, News Corp,
Time Warner, GE, Viacom, CBS
the big 4 record companies: universal music group, Sony music entertainment,
Warner music group, iTunes…they own 80% of all record labels…
Car companies: we have 7 major companies in the U.S,
GM, Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota, Daimler, Hyundai, Honda, Nissan…
basically they make most of the cars in the world…
the breakfast cereals are General Mills, Kellogg, Post and Quaker…
so all those breakfast cereals you see in the aisle are made by
4 companies…
in other words, we all eat food made by the same companies,
we watch TV and movies made by the same people,
we listen to the same music and the same radio stations…
we read the same books and we download the same music…
on the same computers made by the same usual suspects, Dell, HP,
Apple, Lenovo, Asus,
in other words, there might be some regional differences but the truth
is we are impacted by the same forces because the sameness of the
companies that own our lives…
we bank at the same banks and have 401k plans with the same people…
our news, music, TV, movies, food, cars and banking all come from the
same 5 or 6 companies that dominate the specific industries…
can you think of a more insidious tyranny then having the
same companies give you your news or food or cars or movies
or TV?
this is why I deny that we have freedom today, because material freedom
means buying from the same 5 or 6 companies for our needs…
and political freedom doesn’t exist because those same companies that
that provide our services also buy and sell politicians to
promote the companies, not work for the citizens of the U.S…
for example, days after the tax cut passed, the KOCK brothers
sent a 500,000 check to Ryan to thank him for the massive tax cuts
they got… he got paid for services rendered…and that is how Washington
works today… you get paid for services rendered… and it doesn’t matter
what you do for the average citizens because they can’t pay the equal
amounts to get equal treatment… the politicians work for corporations
today… the same corporations that own the food and media and car and
banking industries…
so if you keep hearing the U.S is number one or that we are the greatest
country on earth, its because the same 6 corporations that own the media
want you to believe that the US is number one or that we are the
greatest country on earth…it is in their best financial interest to make
you believe that… whether its true or not, is irrelevant…
so what is the answer to this corporate tyranny?
simple, stop buying things, don’t buy things…
the corporate world survives and thrives because you and I
keep buying things…so don’t…live below your means and starve
the corporate interests that own and tyrannize this country…
Kropotkin