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 In neo-communism (current democratic system) it is difficult to draw the line or discern between state and big capital (corporations and central banks).

All work in unison, an example is Blackrock whose largest shareholder is Vanguard and Vanguard whose largest shareholder is Blackrock. 

At the same time the major shareholders of large companies such as Apple, Amazon, Nvidia, Microsoft, etc. are Blackrock and Vanguard.

On the other hand Blackrock and Vanguard have power groups that pressure governments to legislate and regulate in their favor avoiding among other things competition and free market.

And finally, we have the central banks that through the printing of money and in collaboration with the states make the worker lose purchasing power using the CPI tool (not linked to real inflation).

All this conglomerate that I call neo-communism has only one goal, and that is to keep the masses on the verge of poverty in order to subjugate them and make them sufficiently productive for the achievement of their interests without killing them. 

The vice of power has no limits.
 
 Which is why the differentiation between military & civilian in war is insufficient & always was, those truly prosecuting the war are "civilians" which according to their theory cannot be touched...

The root of the problem is a forbidden target. 
 Interesting 
 It’s gonna get lit up!
Caught myself from the future on video. 
 This is a strategy, for sure. 
 I love how you put it here! Had an article that was in the works that was missing a few key pieces that you hit on in a different way in this post. Question if you define the current system as Neo-communism then has democracy been really tried anywhere or this is all we have had, with democracy being the euphemism still?