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You needed to open the link to see that? The link called Sweden a banana republic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba
by rgbrenner 14y ago
You needed to open the link to see that? The link called Sweden a banana republic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic
A banana republic is a politically unstable country that economically depends upon the exports of a limited resource (fruits, minerals), and usually features a society composed of stratified social classes, such as a great, impoverished working class and a ruling plutocracy, composed of the elites of business, politics, and the military.
Who in their right mind thinks that describes Sweden?
- lsdkhjfvgasn 14y agoObviously it's a bit of a stretch. The term is being used here because it's another example of corporations becoming powerful enough to impose their will on the the justice system of a territorial state.
- burntsushi 14y agoCorporations aren't the entities with a monopoly on the use of force. Governments are.
- sesqu 14y agoWell, that depends on whether we're talking about banana republics or ideal republics.
- burntsushi 14y agoNo it doesn't. By definition, corporations are endowed with special privileges by governments.
- danieldk 14y agoI don't know about Sweden, but at least in Dutch the term is increasingly used in discussions about corruption in Western countries as well.