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Old 04-28-2010, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by rickr15 View Post
I tend to think its more likely that multinational corporations will render national governments obsolete. Any future wars are more likely to be for resources and profits.
Right, right, I see. Corporations keeping government in check, rather than the other way around? Interesting.

I think we've already been there, concerning the cause of wars. You do realize the beef that Japan had with China and the U.S. before WWII was mainly over trade, don't you?
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