Jurriaan Bendien wrote: > It is true that, for example, the biggest Dutch corporations (such as Royal > Dutch Shell) employ more people and capital outside Holland than inside it, > and that they don’t exhibit a special loyalty towards Holland other than > still having their HQ here (partly for tax reasons). But actually the vast > majority of big multinationals are nationally based and primarily nationally > owned.
but are they _loyal_ to a country? The point of the Marx quote was that the country's capitalist politicians always want us to be loyal to the nation, patriotic. But these standards do not apply to capital. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
