Monopoly: Free and Compulsory

Monopoly is no new word, but the definition shifts in the newspeak of the intelligentsia. A book length's diatribe can be exhausted on the euphemisms used to hoodwink the masses into trusting governmental authority. College students are bamboozled into thinking they are reading American. Someone with the gall, should offer a foreign language course in journalese. The 4th branch would cringe in revulsion. They like secrets.

Monopoly is my favorite board game. It was crafted by enemies of free enterprise to persuade people that private ownership over the means of production is a nightmare. Instead, people bought it as if it were the last Takis bag in the 7-Eleven aisle. The idea was doomed from conception. Monopoly was sold, not given out for free. It was traded voluntarily. Socialists using Capitalism will fail to convince others that capitalism is bad. Slavoj Zizek goes on tour selling books about the evils of book selling.  Makes it child's play to be

an angry prophet denouncing the hypocrisies of our time (Network, 1976).

 The loose lips in news clips shiv monopoly repeatedly with every misuse. Either the term refers to State invasion of free enterprise or not. The 4th branch tells readers and listeners to fear monopolist mergers. Sowing the seeds of jealousy is a heinous act. Monopolies do not come about by merging business with business. When businesses sleep with the State, she bears monopolies. Allowing companies to consolidate voluntarily gives them an opportunity to better serve consumers (us) with lower prices or higher quality. If newcomers are barred entry to an industry, by the State, then it is time to fear the corporations in that industry. Uneven theft exemptions, forced licensing, and bans on voluntary mergers have a common root. The State. She is nothing more than the forced monopoly on security production. Telling the pluses from the minuses of monopolies is hard when the word is purposefully employed to confound.

I work strenuously to ease understanding of politics. Monopoly is no different than other concepts in politics. The same question should be asked of every political issue. Is it free, or is it compulsory?