Whose hands are on the levers of power?
When the theoretical foundations for modern capitalism were being developed most honest analyses fully expected and warned of how some of the most privileged members of society if left unchecked were likely to become fanatical in their accumulation of wealth and concentration of power. To which, inevitably, anyone without redress for the oppressions and exploitations levelled against them would respond with force. This is why one of the key roles of government in a capitalist…