> but so far it has been more fiction than real. Is it though? We have a system with extremely powerful multi-national companies, and yet conveniently for the

> but so far it has been more fiction than real. Is it though? We have a system with extremely powerful multi-national companies, and yet conveniently for them, no real system for multi-national regulations. Even just domestically, auto manufactures have a lot of sway in Germany. Energy, telecom, and chemical giants seem to write their own regulations in the USA.