Recent events have begun to reveal certain problems with the structure of our economy, problems that many of us have been aware of for some time, but many have been struggling to clearly articulate. What I mean by this, is that while there is near universal agreement as to what the problem is, there is no clear explanation of its source, or how the problem may be addressed. The problem itself is rather simple to grasp, and one where there is agreement, at least in form, between even the most radical adherents of either liberalism or conservatism.
The problem is that our economy has, and is becoming ever more controlled by a vanishingly small minority of our population, a minority that has at best a questionable claim to legitimacy of having such pervasive power. Below, I will attempt to articulate a cause of the rise of oligarchic capitalism. I shall leave the suggestion for solutions to this problem to you, my astute readers who have the patience to suffer through my often pedantic and overly wordy prose.