“If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.” -Nathalie Robin Justice @welcomewords
Within this article is a description of how we can rid our country of monopolizing behavior and put more power in the hands of the people by leveling the playing field for small businesses, co-ops and individual workers.
We know we need change, and the root of the problem is staring us in the face: hoarded power. This is because this system allows power to be hoarded. Since individuals and corporations with the most amount of power have the advantage and typically win in business, any individual or business without it will ultimately be consumed by the giant corporations. To survive in such a system, one must destroy all competition lest one be destroyed. In essence, our economic system is like a demolition-derby, where the