[Fwd: Social democracy betrayed -- Le Monde diplomatique]

[Seth Ackerman]

I agree. But that applies to all multinationals, not just Western ones.
Just 100 years ago, Sweden was a poorer country than Argentina. Since
then, it has become rich through industrialization and exports -- just
as China has. Plus, the nature of Swedish foreign policy over the years
leads one to the conclusion that if Sweden somehow became a serious
counterweight to the U.S., the Third World would be much better off.


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Doug Henwood [SMTP:dhenwood at panix.com]
> Sent:	Monday, April 19, 1999 2:53 PM
> To:	lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject:	RE: [Fwd: Social democracy betrayed -- Le Monde
> diplomatique]
> 
> Seth Ackerman wrote:
> 
> >There is undoubtedly a global order enforced by the Pentagon. How
> Sweden
> >benefits from that any more than China does is not clear to me.
> Sweden
> >is not even part of NATO.
> 
> Swedish multinationals have long enjoyed bigtime foreign profits which
> helped pay for the welfare state. Those multinationals would have a
> much
> harder time of it if it weren't for the Pentagon making the world safe
> for
> foreign investment.
> 
> Doug