Opportunity, or simply opportunistic?

How very Orwellian...



It appears to me, a mere mortal compared to these individuals, that we have progressed in such a way that the corporate giants seem to have more control over foreign policy than our elected representatives. The old saying goes, "Look at America and that's what we'll be in 5 years time" and those words have never spoken with more validity than they do now.



Let's take a look back at the very recent past, the "blind spot" if you will for modern historians, only a few years ago we saw Texas oil-barons having more of a say in what goes on in the middle-east than we did. Asset stripping is irresponsible, immoral and ought to be illegal. One would have thought the establishments of the world would have caught on after the abrupt end to the Cold War and the emergence of some o the richest men the worlds ever seen because of it. So many things have been affected by large deals going to our transatlantic Big Brother instead of looking elsewhere but no, the US would use these deals as political weapons by rising the price paid but for a "small favour" in return. When confronted it will always be said "That's just how we do business over here." and walk away. Other manufacturers for example would lose out for the sake of a short term benefit that will have so much more repercussions in the long term but that doesn't stop the government because by that time in all probability they will be out of power and it will be someone else's problem, a "Faustian effect" if you will.



If a mere member of the public such as I has noticed surely someone higher up has also had concerns over the course the country is taking. But the corporate environment is too large and powerful to be taken on by one voice. I am afraid to say that we may already be past the point of safe return.



The country needs to be defending democracy from all sides and the enemy no longer has a flag nor face.



I leave with a particular saying that will always remain true, "It's one thing to take away democracy, it's that much harder to get rid of the monster you replace it with."