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Transnationalism vs. Colonialism:
“With the U.S. population arms-wearied by its World War I ‘saving of democracy,’ American big business was unable to excite American democracy’s resentment for their plight and thereby protection of their ‘rights’ by intervention of USA armed might as in the past patterns of colonialism. Historically, colonialism’s democratic ideals camouflaged their exploiters might-enforced, special-interest-advantaging, economic stratagems. Moreover, Mexico said to America and Europe: ‘Stop dumping your worn-out automobiles in our country. We will not accept imports of either your new or secondhand automobiles or other products. We would be glad to have your Buick, Ford and Mercedes, but you will have to set up manufacturing plants of your products in Mexico and do so entirely at your own expense. You will have to give Mexico and Mexicans stock interest in your enterprise. In effect, your plant machinery, being immobilely on Mexican territory, it will belong to us. As long as you’re manufacturing those cars in our country on a successful basis, and are paying us dividends, using our resources, giving us excellent transportation (or other end-products or services) we will be glad to have you profit by your portion of your enterprise shares. But you, General Motors, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, et al., will have to’”
