Disney, which is only one of the 6 publicly-traded behemoths he mentions has 2644 institutional investors, and many of these institutions are mutual funds subscribed by tens of millions of "little guy Americans."
Since there are exactly 4 times as many Republicans as Democrats among America's 50 richest families, decisive control of these 6 companies is almost certainly in the hands of Republicans - not Democrats and Socialists. (An interesting note... The Socialist Party of America has 1500 members.) https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiasavchuk/2014/07/09/are-americas-richest-families-republicans-or-democrats/#1661b5a33e83
My brother G is one of a hundred-plus partners at his prosperous New York accounting firm. Until recently, 2 (two) partners were Democrats, a number that "soared" to 4 (four) in recent years. Those who don't believe that The Republican Party has become The Plutocracy Party are clinically deranged.
Princeton Researches Conclude That U.S. Is No Longer A Democracy
If we set aside "fake news, alternative facts, conspiracy theories, whole-cloth-lies and bogus assertions," it becomes clear that people like Trump "run the economy."
Increasingly they rule the economy as their fiefdom.
From time-to-time they will orchestrate an economic "boom" that provides "John Doe" with a paltry sense of prosperity... until the built-in "bust" leaves "John" worse off than before.
Even worse, Trump and his co-conspirators do their damnest not only to contaminate the nation's repository of information but to condition "the uneducated" to accept "fairy tales and make believe."
E.J. Dionne: "The Steep Price Of The Trumpian Circus - The Dumbing Down Of Discourse"
By and large, America's porcine capitalists are "in it" for themselves - with zero interest in n'er-do-wells.
Right-wing conspiracists wish to make an actual contribution would start with the age-old conspiracy of Big Money screwing little guys, simultaneously persuading them that their ongoing degradation is for their own good.
"Pass the K-Y."
Furthermore, the economically-degraded who idolize "the wealthy" for their golden toilet seats (and other puerile displays of wealth) may not believe in evolution but they are being eaten alive by Social Darwinism.
When this round of "supply side economics" crashes and burns making The Great Recession look like a curbside leaf fire, Deplorable Donald and his fellow plutocrats will invent all the fake news they need to explain the startling resemblance between Trump and The Hindenburg.
"When Trump Confronts His Fifth Bankruptcy..."
What follows is the entire Facebook thread of which my comment above is part.
Trump goes after the mainstream press and the little country papers cheer him on. But after he destroys the big urban media who do you think gets it next? The little guys.
it would be better if the media, big and small, left and right, urban and rural, found common cause.
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