The People v. The Corporation

This is a very interesting article to read. It talks about the contrast between the treatment two person receive when they decide to nationalize their oil industry. Bolivia v. Chad. Read it... Very instructive.

"So, on the one hand, you have a man who has kept his promises by regaining control over the money from the hydrocarbon industry, in order to use it to help the poor. On the other, you have a man who has broken his promises by regaining control over the money from the hydrocarbon industry, in order to buy guns. The first man is vilified as irresponsible, childish and capricious. The second man is left to get on with it. Why? Well, Deby's actions don't hurt the oil companies. Morales's do. When Blair and Rice and the Times and all the other apologists for undemocratic power say 'the people', they mean the corporations. The reason they hate Morales is that when he says 'the people', he means the people."

George Monbiot | When Two Poor Countries Reclaim Oil Fields