Forget Big Oil And Big Tech — Now Liberals Are Going After...Big Paper?

Conservatives have learned never to underestimate the anti-capitalist, anti-corporate paranoia of Democrats and liberals. Of course, there is some irony in this, given the incestuous relationship that exists between the Democratic Party and countless major corporations. Recognition for the ironic, however, has never been the left's strong suit. How else can you explain a movement that colludes with Russians to “steal” an election, and then accuses its opponents of the very same thing? Recently, the anti-corporate bias of liberals has taken yet another strange turn. Some are seeking to block the merger of two printing companies, Quad/Graphics and LSC Communications, on the pretext that their consolidation would create a “monopoly.” Critics of the proposed merger are thus positioning themselves as defenders of healthy capitalist competition and of the interests of “the little guy,” i.e. American consumers. The truth, as usual, is far more complicated.-- More...