time2roll wrote:
I would be OK if the OPEC+ was made mostly irrelevant.
My take is I don't much care if the men that have power to destroy our economy call themselves "OPEC" or "Shell oil"
About a hundred years ago elected officials decided the oil company (and other large companies) had too much power. They forced the breakup of Standard Oil into many companies that would compete with each other. Over the years after OPEC, the oil companies have merged to the point they can control price and supply.
One feature of the Green New Deal that is rarely discussed is there would be many more places to buy the power we need.
Some people get very upset when they hear it (Likely Mods will delete this)
Communism is often corrupted to the point where most of the means of production, and benefit of production, lands in the hands of few people. And this is the reason we are told to hate Communism.
OTOH, Capitalism, if it operates just like it is expected, is not constrained by strong unions or strong democratic (note the small 'D'. Not talking about the political party) government, most of the means of production, and benefit of production, lands in the hands of few people.
