Colonized by Corporations



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Colonized by Corporations

by

Chris Hedges



In Robert E. Gamer�s book �The
Developing Nations� is a chapter called �Why Men Do Not Revolt.� In it Gamer
notes that although the oppressed often do revolt, the object of their
hostility is misplaced. They vent their fury on a

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