I couldn't believe how no one in the university I attended was at all concerned about monopolization, which I could see happening everywhere. It took me quite a few more years to realize that that was because almost all of them were private club members. I was tested with stories that were supposed to make me laugh at others, or take advantage of them ... was even invited to a few semi-private clubs, like neurolinguistic programming, or what was perhaps a forerunner of NXIVUM(sp?) called the Women's Group by a friend in BC. I joined a Gurdjieef group for a while, hoping to find some who could think and act from their own conscience, but the key "truth-seeker" members were two-faced "double" private club members. Very disappointing what a game it all is in Matrixland. To quote Rumi, "Lovers of God have no religion but God alone." And that's the way it's been for me. :-)
Sonar
: Hi Sonar,
: These liars and cheats go to Con-gress and lobby for laws that
: give them exclusive rights to selling certain drugs. All
: illegal, of course, or it used to be. Then the Congress
: critters and Sin-ators get massive kickbacks, gifts or
: investment clues (which is called insider trading and it's
: also illegal) It's a monopoly on who and where you can buy
: your drugs. They can fix prices because there is NO
: competition.
: In a true capitalist system you would have people competing
: with lower prices to sell to hospitals, pharmacies, medical
: clinics and to the general public. A win-win for us all. ..