When George W. Bush says that he wants to spread freedom to every corner of the earth, he means it.
But of course the president that turned Soviet-era gulags into secret CIA prisons in order to do God-knows-what to God-knows-whom isn't talking about individual freedom. He means corporate freedom -- freedom for the great multinationals to extract everything they can from the world's resources and labor without the hindrance of public interest laws, environmental regulations or worker protections.
Bush's vision of a free world actually looks just like the corporate globalization agenda pushed by a succession of American presidents in institutions like the World Trade Organization.
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Thank god for corporate exploitation and dominance. The people in Cuba and Zimbabwe should have it so well. Corporations are people, free people organized to provide goods and services to other free people. Show me where corporations dominate, and I'll show you were people around the world immmigrate, and nobody leaves.
If there's one thing that a wealthy, successful company needs, and that's wealthy and successful customers: the more the better. But governments don't need affluent customers. Just look at Cuba, South Korea, and Zimbabwe. Corporate managers, unlike govt officials, desperately need affluent populations. That's the only way that they can thrive.
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