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About co-optation in US: Something like an "abuse" happens. A "progressive" candidate runs on a platform of stopping the "abuse". People that might otherwise get involved in street-level politics instead get involved in electoral campaigns -- co-optation acting as pressure release valve on radical political energy. It directs attention to individual misconduct and EVENTS of "abuse" rather than the underlying system.

"Where, except in the imagination of sentimental reformists, are there any trusts capable of concerning themselves with the condition of the masses instead of the conquest of colonies?"

"Salvation lies in monopoly, said the capitalists as they formed cartels, syndicates and trusts. Salvation lies in monopoly, echoed the political leaders of the bourgeoisie, hastening to appropriate the parts of the world not yet shared out."