Utilities Quotes
This is a very interesting quotation in that right wing parties are usually opposed to any kind of Government ownership and control of business and industry. However, Fascist parties have usually wanted to commandeer business and industry for the central purposes of the dictatorial state. The French National Front Party had its roots in the WWII French Vichy Government—which was allied with the Nazis to bring Fascism and racism to France.
Innovative science and technology from Edison and Tessla had produced an electrical industry that rapidly formed into a monopoly.
The thing that make this an even more difficult problem to deal with is that until the failure, enthusiasts and supports of the technology point to the perfect track record to justify continued use, opposing even more safety measure, and trying to reduce anxiety.
The founder was Charles E. Coughlin, 1891-1979, a demagogic Catholic Priest who drafted the principles and invited others to join him. Hundreds of thousands did in this organization which began in idealism, and ended in scandal and hate mongering, so much so that Father Coughlin was ordered off the radio and out of politics by the Catholic Church. The National Union in 1936 had morphed into the Union Party which ran Presidential candidates in the 1936 election. The Coughlin and the Union were a mixture of Fascist and Socialist principles. The prohibition of private ownership of banks and utilities was one of the radical socialist notions.
That philosophy became embedded in most of our utilities and necessary services. With electricity, the people who live in dense population clusters pay more so that rural residents can obtain electricity at reasonable prices. Internet, cable TV, and telephone are similar. In pharmaceuticals, Americans pay much higher rates while 3rd world countries pay less than their share. The communities who invested in water infrastructure early are today subsidizing those communities who invested little. And people who live in areas of easy water availability subsidize people in the areas where they have abused their water resources or had few to begin with. People who live in safe areas subsidize people who choose to live in flood planes or box canyons susceptible to fires by paying more for insurance so the people in high risk areas can obtain affordable insurance.
