Definitions (NOT fiction)
Ownership of resources, or patents, or the labor of others, constitutes a way of holding the wealth of a priviliged few in their hands for another generation.
Ending colonial power gives "freedom" to a former colony, while holding the right to keep their "property," and to intervene in the court system to preserve the advantage earned by ownership.
The owners of the world's resources are fine with having "free trade" or globalization as long as the resources are said to be the personal property of a limited (privileged) few. Those few individuals, or the companies that represent the few, are happy to announce that there is free trade and competition under the circumstance that they keep the greatest advantage of buying power, and the resources and production facilities belong to them, and the government services are aligned to serve the industrial owners, and the advantage of massive labor is available to them. The ownership of the resources gives numerous advantages to those who already have the greatest investment, in "free" trade.
Borders are open freely for movement of most goods. Capital may be applied anwhere. Courts enforce ownership and the free movement of commerce. People are constrained in their movement across these borders, and selectively allowed to cross, depending on the needs of the owners who might employ them.
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