Decoding Empire

Empire with a capital E is a generic term for the coercive hierarchical ordering of human relationships at all levels of society from those among nations to those among family members. It lavishes extreme power and privilege on the few at the top and consigns the many to a continuing struggle for survival at the bottom. This results in a rule or be ruled dynamic of violent and ultimately self-destructive competition for power between nations, religions, classes, races, genders and individuals.  

Economic Growth is a process by which the wealthy exppropriate the resources of the poor and turn them into garbage at an accelerating rate to make money for people who already have more than they need. Strip away the carefully crafted illusions that growth creates prosperity and the truth is exposed that the larger consequence of economic growth is an acceleration of the consumption of real wealth (living wealth) to increase the finacial power of the rich and thereby increase inequality.

International Competition refers to the international competition for markets, technology, and jobs created when economic globalization merges national markets into a single unregulated global market.As presented to the public, international competition unleashes the ability of market forces to drive efficiency and innovation to the benefit of all.

The term multinational corporation technically is properly used to refer to  a corporation with independent operations in multiple countries, acting in each as if it were a national corporation loyal to the interests of the host country and its people. It is the artful term of choice of corporate PR because it implies a commitment to good citizenship everywhere.