Review of Unchecked capitalism is killing us!

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Review of Unchecked capitalism is killing us!

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[Following is a volunteer review of "Unchecked capitalism is killing us!" by Earl Rynerson.]
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4 out of 4 stars
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America's classy name as The Great America, a welfare country, the megapower country who owns great capital or one happy nation who able to stand to its own feet or a false welfare covered with luxurious giftbox?. How would you describe it?. This book exposes a modern form of poverty under the cover of fake welfare. The core of the problem is uncovered from an astonishing collection of facts and suggestions for solutions provided by the author.
In this competition for prosperity, America faces covert capitalism, a latent danger expressed by Earl B. Rynelson, former Air Force Officer, an American citizen who does not speak on behalf of any political parties. America, which used to be one of the superpowers country, is now being undermined by capitalism, driven by large corporates that extract wealth from American citizens through various bureaucratic laws from the White House. Many commercial aspects are exploited by various industries with the ultimate goal of making big profits. The food and beverage industry, transportation, and even health, for example, are soft bones that are easily infiltrated by certain interests. The author is very smart in chasing the tail of a mouse and successfully reconstructs complex problems by taking undisputable examples such as the real problems that plague Boeing as well as the giant-scale petroleum companies in America. Many giant corporations, for the author, are not something that Americans can be proud of because they only accumulate debts that are charged almost entirely (unconsciously) to the American people, and at the same time must also reap the profits that must be paid for their CEOs. Why is it called accumulating debt? You have to read it yourself.
This book also explores the corporate networks that (he) accuses of undermining America by bribing politicians to issue laws that benefit those corporate giants. Many big name companies are exposed with logical explanations. The list of companies listed on the front page as a sign of who they are will make readers frown when they try to believe it. Is this an unfounded allegation or can it be used as legal issues? With the extraordinarily detailed and in-depth data collection, it is almost unbelievable that the author compiled this book independently from various information he got from newspapers, e-mails, journals, internet and some assistance from certain parties. It is like facing a collection of real scientific journals that are worrying, if this compilation, indeed the case. In the end, the tentative conclusion that can be drawn from this book is that America has lost its identity as an independent, free, strong, and creative country as it used to be, the positive features that worldwide known from this country.
The positive side from this book is indeed, this is an ‘awakening call’ for Americans to take steps in saving their country from unseen enemy. this book is an honest writing from someone who just wants to reveal the facts, try to come up with a solution, is worried about his country and is trying his best to save this great country. With the addition of what the author has done at the end of the page, for me personally, this is a book that deserves to be owned, pondered, and appreciated because the author was willing to sacrifice a lot of time to finish this book.
For the negative aspects, there are two things I would like to say: (1) I think the pages are too long, although the depth of the book is well maintained (with the flow getting heavier) which is perfect, but 500 pages with data content like cathedral constructs even though the ending offers a solution, but the feeling given is as if readers read the formal report of a company. Needs more 'fresh' distraction after finishing one heavy chapter. (2) The author specifically targets senators as those who pave the way for various bribes to pass large capitalist companies to make profits. It can be an allegation to senators without sufficient evidence. Even though there are a lot of hints pointing that way, we can't shoot the senator in a point blanc to be the mastermind of unapparent capitalism in this book. What apparent from this book is giant coorporates really prey for profit from everywhere.
Recommendations for this book: (1) Can be offered for age groups ranging from 25 years and above who like under fact events and are trying to shape themselves so that they have high integrity towards their country, or those who like good information based on data because this book is data-driven explanatory. (2) To add to the appeal, try giving an interesting or fun caricature that can trigger as a hint and as an initial breath before we dive into the chapters at each opening of the chapter as a hint where the discussion will go, and (3) It is better if explanatory data is made more concise by combining and giving vivid sentences so that the reader can stay glued and not lose focus when reading the description of the facts. (4) It is necessary to form a more interesting 'hook' when the book section is being explained in detail, so that the reader does not skip it because of boredom feeling while reading this awesome book.
The rating I give is four out of four stars, because of two things: (1) the author's personal/self factor: looking at the intellectual capital of the author because he is an intellectual person (as visible from his former work as Air Force Officer and also from his early live that able to give description of his characters that possess the old American positive value) (2) the book factor: a very serious book containing reliable information, with a number of information as contained in this book, it seems the author wants to make a thesis rather than creating a fun easy reading. (3) There is no typing error and the right word choices to express the feelings from many sentences in this book.

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