<html><div style='background-color:'> <DIV> <P>>At 01:44 PM 10/12/01 -0400, Dennis wrote: </P> <DIV></DIV> <P>>"Patriotism" is for the masses, a device for staying in line, <DIV></DIV> <P>>>remaining <DIV></DIV> <P>>>obedient, and so on. Corporations are internationalists, bound to <DIV></DIV> <P>>>no flag or <DIV></DIV> <P>>>anthem. As Ayn Rand once reminded us, "What we need is less <DIV></DIV> <P>>>democracy and <DIV></DIV> <P>>>more capitalism." <DIV></DIV> <P>>> <DIV></DIV> <P>>>DP <DIV></DIV> <P>> > <P> </P> <P>One problem here is that capitalists need a state to protect their property, hence they are necessarily tied to the state they own, whether they like it or not,  at least until they create a "world government" to protect the assets of the whole class simultaneously.  This is why the United Nations,  that is the nations united as a deliberative body, is brought in as "peace keepers." And given a Noble Peace prize for conflict management.  Capitalists live with many illusions.</P> <P>Since capitalists as class worldwide don't have any integrated way to enforce their property rights.  Interpol just doesn't hack it.  They resolve property disputes either through resolution through trade organizations like the WTO, trade wars,  fight national wars.  Each national bourgeoisie backs its own state when push comes to shove, no matter how multinational their operations.</P></DIV> </div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html>