From:	Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject:	Re: Corporate Power
Date:	Mon, 27 May 1996 08:35:13 -0400 (EDT)

At 10:39 PM 5/26/96 +0100, Paul wrote:

>What caused Pearl Harbour? An oil embargo on Japan. They couldn't buy it
>so they decided to take it, and they had to prevent the US Pacific Fleet
>from interfering.

I don't recall that ever being listed as a reason before.
*shrug*

>The bottom line is nations win wars better than corporations, and the
>Corporate Court exists to prevent wars: both by coercing nations, and by
>either keeping individual corporations in line, or allowing them to get
>somewhat chewed if they disregard Court guidelines.

The bottom line is, TopCat has failed to realize that the corporations are
not by any means a monolithic group of plutocracies (?), but a bunch of
individual ones with their own goals and desires. If company A can screw
over a competitor, they'll do it. They aren't going to automatically side
with them.

--
"This isn't a post made to be debated, this is my view on things."
- TopCat