I fully agree that the US does the same thing, as do other countries- that's why I framed it as a general observation. I agree about the similar corporate behav

I fully agree that the US does the same thing, as do other countries- that's why I framed it as a general observation. I agree about the similar corporate behavior. I don't think it's a healthy development, but it's not easy to develop a general model of how this kind of thing plays out.