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What do facemasks, vaccines, and tobacco have in common?

The largest shareholders of 3M:

https://investors.morningstar.com/ownership/shareholders-major.html?t=mmm

The largest shareholders of vaccine maker Pfizer:

https://investors.morningstar.com/ownership/shareholders-major.html?t=pfe

The largest shareholders of vaccine maker Moderna:

https://investors.morningstar.com/ownership/shareholders-major.html?t=mrna

The largest shareholders of tobacco company Phillip Morris:

https://investors.morningstar.com/ownership/shareholders-major.html?t=pm

The largest shareholders of tobacco company Altria:

https://investors.morningstar.com/ownership/shareholders-major.html?t=mo

Hint: Look under the "Institutions" tab on the above linked pages.

You'll see the same general Cartel of largest investment banks.

Those they don't share directly in common, they share indirectly.

The largest investments banks exist as the largest investors/shareholders of each other.

The book Giants - The Global Power Elite by Peter Phillips does a good job outlining those relationships.

What happens when activities, laws & societal norms are based most solely in regards to what produces ever-greater profit for the Elite?

18th century British Authors John Trenchard & Thomas Gordon, in their essays titled Cato's Letters (not to be confused with the pseudo-Libertarian Cato Institute), wrote about how the Elite of their day were using their massive wealth & corporations to influence law & public policy passed by the Monarchy, solely for more profit for themselves, as the expenses of the liberty & freedoms of all other "common" citizens.

Cato's Letters are often regarded as among the most influential writings of the American Patriots and Revolutionaries.

The Boston Tea Party was a revolt against special interest legislation, influenced by those Elite, oppressing the Colonies in favor of huge corporations (like the South Sea Co., the East India Co., and others).

The U.S. is heading full-circle back from whence the Founders sought to escape.

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TKindle's avatar

May I steal this?

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Anon0sean's avatar

Absolutely.

Steal away.

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