The idea of free markets, small government and deregulation providing a capitalist utopia is intoxicating. Especially when it comes wrapped with the promise of low prices, ease of access to everything you could possibly want, and the promise of a golden payday for anyone who joins the gravy train.
After all, having looked closely at what successive governments in the U.K. have done with their own forms of political idealism, converted into policies which we are told are there for our benefit, but still end up somehow hurting everyone, why wouldn’t we reject this disaster for a model of democracy and let business do its thing?
What the neoliberals and big business don’t tell you is the real reason for all the deregulation isn’t do that they can be allowed to shower generosity on the general public in ways that publicly elected government will never be able to afford. This sham is so that they can use civil laws and expensive courts to bully, control and then make more snd more money from EVERYONE!
You only need look at subjects like the patents and controls now levied on seeds – yes, the seeds that grow the food that feeds us – to see how this model of privatised tyranny actually works.
Money and profit through market control – not freedom – are the only aims, and the people behind it are becoming more and more successful each and every day.
Where are the public representatives when we need them?
Adam Tugwell 