It’s everyone’s. But if you want to dive deeper, exploitation has been happening for a very long time. But you are still thinking in terms of taking from a one single “owner”. It’s an old mi...
I'm thinking of multiple owners, actually. With the theft of inflation, for instance, money is taken from anyone who uses that currency. It's extracted from them and funneled to particular projects.
(It's why I don't think that the system you dislike is "capitalism," since there's nothing inherent in capitalism that gives corporations the enforcing power of the state. I agree with you that free market capitalism has devolved to our current extractive system, and you make a good argument that it always will. But what we have now is some combination of private power and state power. The word "fascism" is overused but more accurate. "Corporatism" might be better, and "corporate socialism" conveys the essence of it as well.)
In any case, sure - give me some historical examples.
(It's why I don't think that the system you dislike is "capitalism," since there's nothing inherent in capitalism that gives corporations the enforcing power of the state. I agree with you that free market capitalism has devolved to our current extractive system, and you make a good argument that it always will. But what we have now is some combination of private power and state power. The word "fascism" is overused but more accurate. "Corporatism" might be better, and "corporate socialism" conveys the essence of it as well.)
In any case, sure - give me some historical examples.
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