That was the big question in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. But it wasn’t really who, it was what? A force of nature, our own nature unleashed back on us. We destroyed ourselves, save for a few.
From what I remember, John Galt/Francisco used his expansive wealth and influence to basically corner the national market. Then when everything was in place he crashed the whole system leading the country into the great depression. He got so huge and so permeated into the society that he was able to crash everything. Rather like putting all your eggs in one basket.
I was passing by a huge citigroup site today. That corporation is massive. Think of how much capital they have out in the market. Wow. Some kind of scandal, or crash so to speak, at citigroup would cause repercussions far worse than that of Enron and World Com.
Think about the influence of Walmart. Not only is the store an integral part of most American families, but Walmart is a corporation that essentially owns a country. Not just a country but a communist country at that. Ninety nine percent of China’s GNP is from Walmart. Tell me they don’t own that country. They could destroy that country is one shot. Pull their business. Just like that. Millions out of work. No flow of capital. Sound familiar?
History does show us that wars tend to help economies swing up. China would have to go to war to save themselves from a catastrophic economic depression. Who would China want to fight but the evil America. China attacks us and it starts WWIII.
Thus I say, Walmart is the devil.