best form of govt

 

True, there are some differences in world leaders and their countries' forms of government, but these are largely superficial.  Ultimately, all countries and leaders have virtually no choice but to "bow down" before the transnational banks, and the oil, agribusiness, telecomm, pharmaceutical, insurance and other major industries.  This is what comes not simply of globalization and rapid technological advances (the Internet high on the list, but also telecomm, scientific/medical, etc.) but of the continued - and rapidly increasing - agglomeration of those industries.  Where synergistic mergers used to be intra-national, they are now international, with banks and various corporate industry leaders buying their competitors in other countries.  This puts the world's resources - money, food, natural resources, etc. - into the hands of a very few people, few if any of whom have consciences or even morals.

 

The result of this is extremely dangerous, because it creates transnational entities that can (and do) fall outside the legal and regulatory jurisdiction of a particular country or countries.  And because they are virtually a law unto themselves, their "control" over countries and their leaders is all the more troubling.

 

So whether it is capitalist democracy in the U.S., socialist monarchy in the UK, proto-capitalist communism in China, straight socialism somewhere else, etc., all of these countries and their socio-political systems rely on money (banks), oil, natural resources, etc.  So all of their leaders - no matter how strongly they espouse their particular form of government - are ultimately dancing to the same tune.

 

Sadly, the situation is getting worse, not better, and the prognosis for any reversal of this juggernaut is slim to none.

 

Peace.