More striking still, it appeared that, if the process of concentration…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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More striking still, it appeared that, if the process of concentration goes on at the same rate, at the end of another century we shall have all American industry controlled by a dozen corporations and run by perhaps a hundred men. Put plainly, we are steering a steady course toward economic oligarchy, if we are not there already. ✨ Commonwealth Club Address, delivered 23 Sept 1932, San Francisco, CA
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