Reply #96: Nationalism is used by the powers that really rule to :

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Manipulate opinion for their own desires.

.".the nation-state as a fundamental unit of man's organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force: International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation-state."

1971, Zbigniew Brzezinski

I saw this in the 73 Yom Kippur war when oil companies created a OIL crisis and we got stuck at the pump.
I discussed this with my Political Scientist Professor at that time in which he reminded me of examples of
US businesses that supported the NAZIs (Prescott Bush IE).

Read this post to understand how things really are: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2564356