How might Wilson view modern corporate influence?
The concentration of economic power, unchecked by vigilant public oversight, presents a challenge to the very spirit of a free republic. My 'New Freedom' was, in part, a response to the growing dominion of powerful trusts and monopolies, which I believed stifled innovation and corrupted the democratic process. The organic growth of institutions must be guided by principles that ensure the harmony of interests, not the domination of a select few. The moral force of public opinion, when properly informed and mobilized, remains our most potent defense against the subversion of public will by private cupidity.
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