"Sexually Egalitarian Imperialism"

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>Wouldn't oil be far dearer if the USA had not succeeded in 
>>destroying the populist-secularist-pan-Arabist left in the Middle 
>>East?
>
>Probably not. As long as we live under capitalism, oil is likely to 
>be traded as a commodity. There will be political attempts to 
>manipulate the price, but I don't think they can be successful for 
>very long. There's too much incentive for sellers to cheat, or 
>operate outside the cartel.
>
>Which is why I thought it didn't make any difference for the oil 
>markets had Iraq's hostile takeover of Kuwait succeeded. It would 
>have made a difference for Kuwaitis, but that's another story.
>
>Doug

Suppose the entire Middle East had been governed by 
populist-secularist-pan-Arabist governments that could get together & 
assert common interests?  What if?
-- 
Yoshie

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