Barack Obama Promised A New Kind Of Politics, But Played The Same Old Game

I'll riff for a minute on allwarisbad's comment.

The true nature of capitalism is that it seeks to eliminate all competition­.  Businesses strive to become monopolies, and that's one reason for regulating capitalism.  Another reason is to prevent abuses of capital.  To prevent your fear (communism), i.e., you don't have to resort to public ownership to prevent these abuses.
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