Re: Free-Market Economics
Anon, seriously think about this issue. It's really a no brainer. Official Yerevan simply can't allow nations that have serious political problems with it to simply buy up assets in Armenia just because they have money to invest. In other words, we can't allow wealthy nations with disposable funds investing money into longterm/short-term agendas that seeks to undermine their opposition/competition. Simply allowing the highest bidder into your sensitive/strategic national infrastructure, especially when you are a small and vulnerable nation, is dangerous on many-many levels. It's suicidal, in my opinion.
Just think of someone in the US like Ted Turner or William Soros (two individuals that have more than enough money to purchase every single country in the Caucasus and still maintain a billionaire's status) purchasing every single radio station, newspaper and television station in Armenia... Just imagine a Turkish business conglomeration purchasing Armenia's communications network... Just imagine Azerbaijan purchasing Armenia's energy grid... Just imagine the US purchasing Armenia's nuclear power station...
Any Armenian president that would even 'think' about allowing such a thing should be shot in the head. Opening up a nation for complete and utter exploitation economically, culturally and politically is precisely why various institutions in the West have been pushing the "Free Market" concept worldwide because it simply benefits the rich and the powerful. I like the "concept" per se, but regardless of how wonderful it looks on paper it's simply yet another tool wealthy nations use to subjugate and dominate lesser nations without the use of the gun.
As I said, the Fee Market concept works for the world's most powerful and the most wealthy. For the rest of the lesser nations, as Nazi Germany, the Russian Federation, and China have revealed, a form of "National Socialism" is the 'only' way to safeguard one's nation against predators - yet also allow for economic growth.
Originally posted by Anonymouse
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Just think of someone in the US like Ted Turner or William Soros (two individuals that have more than enough money to purchase every single country in the Caucasus and still maintain a billionaire's status) purchasing every single radio station, newspaper and television station in Armenia... Just imagine a Turkish business conglomeration purchasing Armenia's communications network... Just imagine Azerbaijan purchasing Armenia's energy grid... Just imagine the US purchasing Armenia's nuclear power station...
Any Armenian president that would even 'think' about allowing such a thing should be shot in the head. Opening up a nation for complete and utter exploitation economically, culturally and politically is precisely why various institutions in the West have been pushing the "Free Market" concept worldwide because it simply benefits the rich and the powerful. I like the "concept" per se, but regardless of how wonderful it looks on paper it's simply yet another tool wealthy nations use to subjugate and dominate lesser nations without the use of the gun.
As I said, the Fee Market concept works for the world's most powerful and the most wealthy. For the rest of the lesser nations, as Nazi Germany, the Russian Federation, and China have revealed, a form of "National Socialism" is the 'only' way to safeguard one's nation against predators - yet also allow for economic growth.
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