Dictatorship of capitalism
2008-04-21
It's increasingly likely, declared the Financial Times recently, that
the public's tolerance of income inequality and free-market
capitalism will wear thin. In the Czech context, this is showing
itself not only in the usual comments by the Communist Party
("the CR is in crisis"), but also in a weekend tirade by MP Ludvík
Hovorka of KDU-ČSL, who said that the dictatorship of the
proletariat in the CR has been replaced by the dictatorship of
capitalism. Czechs have seen the ownership of the means of
production become consolidated into the hands of foreigners
and domestic oligarchs in a remarkably short time and are now
about to see the same happen - under the usual foggy
conditions - to health insurers, hospitals, ČSA and Prague
Airport, if the Topolánek-Kalousek team gets its way. The
question, to paraphrase the FT, is what will happen if the public
decides that enough is enough?
[Czech Republic medical insurance companies Czech Airlines
Letiště Praha privatization]
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