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Why don't people talk about this thing any more????

'...by the late nineteenth century the inner sanctums of Wall Street understoodthat the most efficient way to gain an unchallenged monopoly was to "go political" and make society go to work for the monopolists — under the name of the public good and thepublic interest. This strategy was detailed in 1906 by Frederick C. Howe in his Confessionsof a Monopolist'

I've read so many books that floored me this year, but none have touched me quite as much as this duology, starting with City of a Thousand Faces and followed by Nation of Madness.

Glad to see Palahniuk reject the hyperliberal agenda currently at play in media and publishing. I'm honored to have the man on my side of the culture war.

By the time I get through the preface and introduction, the actual body of the text will probably only be one fourth of the contents.

“The president you served under had one of the most productive and successful presidencies in the history of our country. “I was on top,” I said. “Excuse me?” “You said I served under him,” I said. “I— nevermind.”