2. The global-scale accumulation and concentration of finance capital in fewer and fewer hands by banks and transnational corporations, and the accumulation of physical capital equipment for large-scale production under systems of centralized control and decision-making, are paralleled by an increasing intervention of state governments into people's daily lives and by the increasing role played by other large organizations (corporations, unions, political parties, international and national organizations, etc) whose decisions are beyond the control of the individual.