02-27-2021, 03:02 PM
(02-27-2021, 02:57 PM)David Horn Wrote:(02-27-2021, 01:47 PM)Einzige Wrote:(02-27-2021, 01:42 PM)David Horn Wrote:(02-27-2021, 11:57 AM)Einzige Wrote: The United States really can't contain Russia or China. America is a declining power in the traditional sense (but this doesn't matter as much, because international Capital is increasingly superseding all national powers).
Every once in a while, you write something of real value. Yes, we have chosen, as a world, to allow multinational corporations to operate outside any deterrence structure. They are now what the UN should have been but was never allowed to be. Is that permanent? Most likely not.
LOL, nobody's going to stop them.
As long as governments maintain a monopoly on the use of physical force, corporations have to comply. Worst case: waving a checkbook at the 82nd Airborne Division seems a decided mismatch -- not it's likely to go that far.
No, you don't understand:
Who manufactures the airplanes used by the 82nd Airborne? Boeing. Who advertises for the military? Hollywood.Who provide meals eaten on base? Private contractors. It is literally impossible for the United States military to be used in any sort of anticapitalist operation.