Globalize Yourself!

Once upon a time, Corporations were smaller companies. They grew and went public. They have shares, which means they have shareholders - like you or me... But we do not count in the greater picture. Financial institutions own most of the shares.

So, let's clarify - Corporations talk about the will of their shareholders, but do not think even for a moment about you or me. They talk about other Corporations like themselves. So they started as the history tells us, in the US of A, grew as big and powerful as they could locally, then, they moved on...

And here is how the International Ponzi scheme was started:

They closed the local industry, keeping only offices, and opened a new location, say in Canada. Canada needed the work and offered everything for the promise of good fortune. However, Europe had just formed a "federated Union" that gave free trade to all. Free trade my foot!

When I visited France, it was explained to us that too many countries had vineries and that was not good for the commerce. Some of the French vineyards had to be destroyed. The small farmers were the losers; food Corporations were doing fine.

North America followed the Euro example and NAFTA became reality. Corporations closed factories in USA and Canada, and those who thought the progress would bring prosperity started finding out that they were excluded from the Ponzi scheme.

No more 15% extra!

Everything moved to Mexico. Cheap labour, new government grants -- Corporations were building the world anew.

But not for long.

In principle, the Corporations would negotiate with the governments and promise to improve existing sites and give access to international markets. The newly liberated, ex-communist Euro countries had lots of industry but limited markets, so the deal was good...

Nobody knew it was a Ponzi scheme! Corporations stayed at the new locations until a new, better, cheaper source of labour appeared on the horizon.

China opened the doors to those Corporations bringing knowledge and markets, leaving behind USA, and Canada, and Mexico, and Europe...

After China, we'll have India, Indonesia, Africa, Antarctica (the Earth is warming up, so, don't laugh - it's not the first time that Antarctica will be free of ice!).

Corporations taught us to globalize ourselves, which means - get used to being poor - a Ponzi scheme lasts only as long as nobody protests.

How does a Ponzi scheme work? Simple. For example - I promise you that if you give me your money, I will give it back to you plus 15% interest and make you rich.

Corporations promise that if we give them our trust they will make us rich. They take over institutions, labour, pension funds, underground rights, etc. -- several years everything seems to work fine, we get used to their rule...then, all at once they find a new location in same or different country, same or different continent, same or different planet, and move on. A new sucker gives them their trust, while the old locations get closed, workers left to fend for themselves.

The new location produces OK, but over the horizon there is a bigger pot of gold, so the Corporation moves on leaving behind factories and labour that will fail because the big Corporations keep the markets, and the locals cannot compete. The 15% proves real but worthless. Yes, there is a local industry, a local labour force... but without markets, you are out of the Ponzi scheme.

The governments are left holding the bags - paying unemployment insurance (if they have such a thing...) and welfare. They are out of the Ponzi scheme, but they will not throw the first stone, they will not tell the world how they were taken in. And so, the Ponzi scheme continues to propagate covering the Globe like a swine-flu...

Corporations are Ponzi schemes.

Globalize yourself, why don't you?!

By Raluca Popov

18 Nov. 2008