The answer is simple if not necessarily easy. States make corporations by
the legislation that they pass concerning them. Legislation can be changed
or revoked. Ultimately states have a monopoly on force. If the states want
their way they can have it. We have to take back the states from the
corporate elites via participatory democracy.
Mike H
>At 10:12 AM 2/10/98 -0500, Ed Weick wrote:
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>snip
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>>I believe we are now moving into something new and different. We are not
>>sure of what it is, but we have labeled it "globalization". It too would
>>appear to be the product of a critical change in technology - technology
>>which has permitted overleaping of national boundaries and which permits
>>production to take place and markets to be accessed almost anywhere in the
>>world. The assembly line and supermarket have become global. There is no
>>question but that this change favors capital over the individual as both
>>worker and consumer and, moreover, takes away much of the power of the
>>nation-state as intervener. Monopoly capital is again ascendent.
>>Nation-states will need to work cooperatively if they are to impose some
>>semblance of order on the emerging international economy. Whether they can
>>do so effectively remains to be seen. I must admit I am skeptical.
>
>Perhaps the threat of monetary, or other global economic collapse might
>encourage cooperation of some sort. Or the threat of environmental collapse
>(despite denial in some quarters that such a possibility exists) might scare
>some leaders into action. Perhaps not. As you say, we don't know because
>we're in the middle of it.
>
>Let's wish ourselves luck.
>
>David
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