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==History of the term==

==History of the term==

The term "collusion" entered the popular lexicon with the publication of Ida Tarbell's ''History of Standard Oil'',<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-woman-who-took-on-the-tycoon-651396/</ref> as a buzzword used by [[populist]]s to describe nefarious activities of the super-rich in the late 19th and early 20th century.<ref>"collusion" of the "monied interests" were big issues in every election cycle throughout the populist and [[Progressive era]] (c.1892-1916). https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/01/populism-douglas-hofstadter-donald-trump-democracy </ref> It became a smear word among [[progressive]]s to promote [[class warfare|class envy]] without those using it having to understand or define specifically what it is.<ref>The progressive's notion that through collusion "power pyramids" and the top 1% control all the wealth. The simple facts are in a democratic society with an elected parliament the government itself encourges collusion through lobbying trade groups. Few elected representatives are specialists in any industry, and no one wants to grant special favors to a single company. So the government encourages competitors in an industry facing regulation to speak with one voice through a lobbying trade association. <br>Progressives basically argue for an anti-democratic [[technocracy]] through simple-minded slogans.</ref>

The term "collusion" entered the popular lexicon with the publication of Ida Tarbell's ''History of Standard Oil'',<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-woman-who-took-on-the-tycoon-651396/</ref> as a buzzword used by [[populist]]s to describe nefarious activities of the super-rich in the late 19th and early 20th century.<ref>"collusion" of the "[[monied interests]]" were big issues in every election cycle throughout the populist and [[Progressive era]] (c.1892-1916). https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/01/populism-douglas-hofstadter-donald-trump-democracy </ref> It became a smear word among [[progressive]]s to promote [[class warfare|class envy]] without those using it having to understand or define specifically what it is.<ref>The progressive's notion that through collusion "power pyramids" and the top 1% control all the wealth. The simple facts are in a democratic society with an elected parliament the government itself encourges collusion through lobbying trade groups. Few elected representatives are specialists in any industry, and no one wants to grant special favors to a single company. So the government encourages competitors in an industry facing regulation to speak with one voice through a lobbying trade association. <br>Progressives basically argue for an anti-democratic [[technocracy]] through simple-minded slogans.</ref>

Collusion is basically private conversations. In itself, the activity is innocuous and routine. Collusion is what occurs all day, every day, in private meetings in the White House, Pentegon, closed door Congressional hearings, corporate board rooms, psychiatrist offices, between journalists and sources, in confessional booths, and among young sweethearts. Because of [[libel]] laws, journalists' have referred to such activity as collusion rather than [[conspiracy]], giving the term a more ominous meaning without accusing people of criminal activity.

Collusion is basically private conversations. In itself, the activity is innocuous and routine. Collusion is what occurs all day, every day, in private meetings in the White House, Pentegon, closed door Congressional hearings, corporate board rooms, psychiatrist offices, between journalists and sources, in confessional booths, and among young sweethearts. Because of [[libel]] laws, journalists' have referred to such activity as collusion rather than [[conspiracy]], giving the term a more ominous meaning without accusing people of criminal activity.