The real bosses of the world are not any more the governments, but the leaders of financial or industrial multinational groups, and opaque international institutions (IMF, World Bank, OECD, WTO, central banks). Now these leaders are not elected, in spite of the impact of their decisions on the life of the populations. The power of these organizations exercises on a global dimension, while the power of states is limited to a national dimension. Besides, the weight of the multinational companies(societies) in the financial streams exceeded for a long time that of the states. In transnational dimension, richer than states, but also main sources of financing of the political parties of any tendencies and in most of the countries, these organizations are actually above the laws and above the political power, above the democracy.
2006-10-10 08:48:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Really sad but true.
2006-10-10 09:04:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
True to some extent. Consider this though...Where do most of the assetts of the IMF and the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, many others come from? AND...Who do those assetts still belong to???
The answer to both is - Right here, the good ole U S of A. It's the one power we never really publicly assert. Pull our assetts out of any of these institutions and it will fold. I am sure there are some behind closed doors threats made now and agian but not nearly enough, and not nearly public enough.
2006-10-10 16:12:29 · answer #2 · answered by APRock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just figured this out?
Now let's think of a song by MisterMister..."Welcome to the Real World"?
2006-10-10 15:58:12 · answer #3 · answered by tantiemeg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pretty fair assessment. How else do you explain the war against Iraq?
2006-10-10 16:02:44 · answer #4 · answered by chilixa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋