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The History Of The Twentieth Century Was Dominated By The Struggle Against Totalitarian Systems Of State Power. The Twenty-first Will No Doubt Be Marked By A Struggle To Curtail Excessive Corporate Power.

The Federal Government Has More Power To Recall A Defective Stuffed Animal Who's Little Glass Eye May Fall Off Than To Recall Contaminated Ground Beef That Could Sicken Or Even Kill Hundreds If Not Thousands Of People. The Meat-packing Industry Is So Powerful That It's Managed To Prevent The Government From Having This Basic Power Of Recalling A Defective Product.

If The Market Does Indeed Embody The Sum Of All Human Wishes, Then The Secret Ones Are Just As Important As The Ones That Are Openly Displayed.

Today The U.s. Government Can Demand The Nation-wide Recall Of Defective Softball Bats, Sneakers, Stuffed Animals, And Foam-rubber Toy Cows. But It Cannot Order A Meatpacking Company To Remove Contaminated, Potentially Lethal Ground Beef From Fast Food Kitchens And Supermarket Shelves.

Marijuana Gives Rise To Insanity -- Not In Its Users But In The Policies Directed Against It. A Nation That Sentences The Possessor Of A Single Joint To Life Imprisonment Without Parole But Sets A Murderer Free After Perhaps Six Years Is In The Grips Of A Deep Psychosis.