Are There Still Powerful Anti-American Capitalists Among Us Today?
Talk of the wealthy power-broker types as outlined in The Naked Communist and The Naked Capitalist seems to some to be decades old and may not have quite the applicability in today’s settings. All you have to do is pick up the September 1998 issue of the Reader’s Digest and read the Special Feature section on Ted Turner, owner of CNN, the Atlanta Braves, and controlling interest in many other opinion-molding corporations in this nation. Space will not permit a complete review of this article, but today’s Ted Turner can certainly be included in the “Naked Capitalist Profile” which continues to describe some super wealthy since the days of Andrew Carnegie. Here are some identifying characteristics of this profile which are nearly always present in their beliefs and actions: 1. They reject Christianity and the Ten Commandments. 2. They embrace Darwin’s evolutionary theory. 3. They have lost faith in America’s freedom formula which made them rich. 4. They criticize America while embracing