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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neocon who wrote (299633)9/25/2002 9:54:36 AM
From: Rock_nj  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
There is no such "big picture". Most corporate executives want peace and prosperity throughout the world, because that enables them to make secure investments and develop new markets. Trade is a relatively peaceful pursuit. Lenin's tale of the greedy capitalists using government to promote imperialist exploitation doesn't quite capture what happened in the 18th and 19th century.

I respectfully disagree Neocon. I have to say that it's nice to have a decent and thought-provoking discussion with someone on the other side of the political fence. You have a lot of good things to say and say them in an eloquent manner. There are way too many people on both sides who shoot from the hip and really don't have anything worthwhile to say, because they are ignorant. You definitely aren't one of them.

Regarding the "big picture". The people who stage coups, support repressive regimes and even cause wars. The people I'm referring to are the super-wealthy. Many of them aren't CEOs, they own the companies. The Rockerfellers of the world. The people who are part of the Council on Foreign Relations. These are the people who lobbied the Nixon Administration to have the CIA destablize and eventually overthrow Allende in Chile (BTW, the CEOs of ITT and Pepsi were among those lobbying the Nixon Administration because Allende's government threatened their businesses). The CEO of the United Fruit Company lobbied the Eisenhower Admin to stage a coup in Guatemala when the government threatened to take their land. That coup led to a bloody civil war that has taken 100,000s of lives over the last 5 decades. These are not conspiracies, they are true historical events that occured for a reason. Because the interests of some very wealthy and powerful people were at stake. That is how the world operates in my eyes. That is the "big picture". World events like coups and even wars don't just happen for no reason. There's always some big players behind them.
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