a handful of companies are going to own the future

Exactly. People are dubious about the country, the economy, and the dollar, but the smart money knows that the companies, for the most part, will be fine. Ownership is power, and the companies own a lot. Whatever may happen to the dollar, owning a share of those companies will give you a cut in whatever is to come.

We're not anywhere close to a communist revolution that would put the companies in jeopardy. Rather, we're close to a conflict between social statists and libertarians, and the companies can live with either of those outcomes.

a handful of companies are going to own the future

Exactly. People are dubious about the country, the economy, and the dollar, but the smart money knows that the companies, for the most part, will be fine. Ownership is power, and the companies own a lot. Whatever may happen to the dollar, owning a share of those companies will give you a cut in whatever is to come.

We're not anywhere close to a communist revolution that would put the companies in jeopardy.