> The reason to do this is to collude to bar the exits to capital flight, and then impose exploitative policies that would not have been possible previously. E

> The reason to do this is to collude to bar the exits to capital flight, and then impose exploitative policies that would not have been possible previously. Exactly! If a private organization tried something like this most major governments would be rushing to enforce anti-trust regulations against them. But when it's the governments colluding to set price floors, suddenly that's acceptable?