well put it also helps us to conveniently ignore economic sovereignty when contemplating 'success' or 'prosperity' which of course is a useful frame given the

well put it also helps us to conveniently ignore economic sovereignty when contemplating 'success' or 'prosperity' which of course is a useful frame given the bulk of the post war american middle class was created by essentially trading economic sovereignty in the form of small farms for corporatism not sure how it could have developed otherwise given the rise of factory farms, etc, but this direction was certainly influenced by large players as well..