World Without Cancer; The Story of Vitamin B17 by G. Edward Griffin

Author:G. Edward Griffin [Griffin, G. Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dauphin Publication
Published: 2020-06-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

THE ULTIMATE

MONOPOLY

Early examples of cartel support for totalitarian regimes; I.G. Farben's role in lifting Hitler out of political oblivion and converting the Nazi state into an instrument of cartel power.

At this point in our survey, the reader may wonder what all of this has to do with the politics of cancer therapy. The answer―as will become evident further along―is that it has everything to do with it. The politics of cartels and monopolies can be likened to a football game with specific goals and rules. If one who had never heard of football before came across two teams playing on the field, and if he knew nothing at all about the sport, he would be totally confused as to what was going on. Likewise, we can look at the actions of giant corporations and government agencies but, if we are unaware of the rules that determine the play, we will never be able to understand why things happen as they do, or even be able to tell what is happening in the first place.

As outlined in the previous chapter, cartels and monopolies result from an effort to escape the rigors of free enterprise. In the long run, the best way to do that is to enlist the aid of government, to seek the passage of laws that will put the regulatory power of the state on the side of the business venture and against its competition.

An individual or a corporation can succeed in breaking the cartels if they are determined and talented enough and can raise the necessary capital. The capital is relatively easy if the promise of profits is great―as it will be if the cartel's marketing and pricing policies are far out of line. If they are not out of line, then the harm they do is relatively small and there is no pressing need to disrupt them.

It follows, therefore, that cartels and monopolies could not flourish as they do if they existed in a political environment of limited government. Conversely, the more extensive the power of government, and the more it is accepted by its citizens as the proper regulator of commerce, then the more fertile is the ground for the nourishment and growth of monopolies and cartels.

It follows, also, that if big government is good for cartels, then bigger government is better, and total government is best. It is for this reason that, throughout their entire history, cartels have been found to be the behind-the-scenes promoters of every conceivable form of totalitarianism. They supported the Nazis in Germany; they embraced the Fascists in Italy; they financed the Bolsheviks in Russia. And they are the driving force behind that nameless totalitarianism that increasingly becomes a grim reality in the United States of America.

At first glance, it seems to be a paradox that the "super rich" so often are found in support of socialism or socialist measures. It would appear that these would be the people with the most to lose.

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