MAGA vs. GAFA Virgil: Protecting American Sovereignty Against Big Tech’s Globalist Corporate Power

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Second of a Series
Here, the People Rule—At Least That’s The Way It’s Supposed To Be

In Part One of this series, we looked back at the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, who was largely responsible for the anti-trust case against Standard Oil, which culminated in the 1911 breakup of that monopolistic company. In so doing, TR set the pattern: The sovereignty of the American people would never be subverted by corporate control—at least, that’s what he hoped.

In fact, through most of the 20th century, the Rooseveltian trust-busters were vigilant, across the spectrum of the economy. For instance, Hollywood, in its Golden Age, was regularly scrutinized by the Justice Department—and occasionally trust-busted. Ditto the American Medical Association.

However, late in the last century, the economic environment began to change. In 1978, Robert Bork published The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War with Itself, which argued on behalf of corporations; that’s the intellectual tide that has washed over both Republicans and Democrats in the last four decades.