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Very interesting article! I agree and have felt the tremors the author mentions throughout my own work in a related field.

The last decade has taught me that corporations matter more than nations, at this point. In the case of corporate capitalism, governments act like special interest groups protecting the corporations that fund their lifestyles.

To that end, if a major bank like RBS were to go belly up and now be beyond the ability of the U.K. to save, what are the chances we see a “national merger” where a country offers to absorb the losses in the banking system in exchange for absorbing the entire nation (population, economy and all)?

This sounds extreme, but it’s effectively what happened in the feudal era. Wealthy nobles would support whichever king had the resources to protect them. Only thing I’m doing is replacing “wealthy nobles” with “corporations” — which are essentially “jointly owned” among the entire “nobility” (I.e. the capital class in the West).

Ultimately I think we will avoid World War III because the corporations don’t want it; and they control enough of the global logistics supply chain to prevent it. So a peaceful way to transition failed governments and financial systems back to prosperity will be needed if we want to avoid a repeat of the Weimar Republic.



Ultimately I think we will avoid World War III because the corporations don’t want it;

..today, it should have ended with.

Tomorrow, as they say, is a whole new ball game and it's certainly hard to predict what our sociopathic corporate masters will want for us then.

I agree with your premise, however. Killing your customers is usually considered "bad business" and is to be avoided most times.

However, given certain political and economic conditions, I do believe corporations could easily be convinced to give the go ahead to War.


> This sounds extreme, but it’s effectively what happened in the feudal era. Wealthy nobles would support whichever king had the resources to protect them. Only thing I’m doing is replacing “wealthy nobles” with “corporations” — which are essentially “jointly owned” among the entire “nobility” (I.e. the capital class in the West).

OK, so let's look at a major US bank, JP Morgan Chase: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/jpm/holders/

75% of the bank is owned by "institutions" like Vanguard, Blackrock, Fidelity, State Street, etc. which are mostly proxies for mutual funds, index funds, and ETF's. The largest individual fund is the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, followed by a number of other index funds from Vanguard and others.

Index funds are owned, not just by rich investors, but also by workers with 401(k) and IRA retirement accounts, university endowments, and pension funds. The top ten university endowments account for over $150B (https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/Endow...) while the California Public Employees Retirement System by itself holds even more in public equity alone (https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page/investments/asset-classes/tr...).


Before the first World War people also imagined that there could never be another big war because the world's economies were so connected.


War has always been great for plunder and profit. Some of the biggest corporations are in the war racket. Arms dealers arm both sides in a conflict, sit back and rake in the profits. Corporations constantly stoke the WWIII fire, little people like us are lucky that a situation beyond our ability to contain it hasn't developed.




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