1. Oil power
Oil has not only fueled our wars- the two World Wars, Korea and Vietnam - but is equally the sinew of our might in peacetime: it takes oil to be a superpower. ... Thus oil sweeps us quite literally off our feet. ... Oil is embedded in the power arrangements of all government and politics. ... In an age when not even federal regulation stands a chance of controlling megacorporations, oil is supervised only by the states.In a time when oil makes its biggest profits abroad, the State Department works hand in glove with a big oil interests. ... Nowadays nations without a secure access to ...
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- Grade Level: High School