Desperate Logic

The defining characteristic of postmodern capitalism, i.e. multinational consumerism if you will, is its ever-increasing interconnectedness and density of networks. As borders become permeable, corporations become multinational. Monopoly still refers to exclusively providing services within a given geographical boundary, even though horizontal and vertical integration can now occur on a global scale. Some experts have suggested we see this not as corporations become bigger and more powerful, but smaller and consolidating. The middle class disappears as the fat cats become fatter and fewer. Underlings multiply as there are now less positions in which to move up. This increase in bureaucracy parallels fascism in an eerily sobering way, and it makes it that much harder to kick the teeth in of the person who's screwing you over.