Big Tech oligarchs are cozying up to the president in exchange for the regulatory leeway to amass unchecked power, explains Ron Knox in a new Democracy Journal essay that warns about the connection between monopolies and fascism. Drawing lessons from the past, Ron shows that corporate power poses an existential threat to America’s democracy. In a chilling case study, he details how German chemical monopoly IG Farben was deeply intertwined with the Third Reich: put simply, “Farben made everything for the Nazis.”
Ron uses this history to lay out what the current moment needs: “Rescuing the republic will require a kind of bravery in the face of corporate power that we have rarely demonstrated over the past half-century. Luckily, history has lessons to teach us about bravery as well.” Read Ron’s extensive exploration on the history of fascism and corporate power at Democracy Journal.
Ron Knox“Remembering the antimonopoly lessons of the past is just the start. Americans—the Democratic Party in particular—must take decisive action if we’re to avoid teetering over the precipice of monopoly fascism.”
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