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Corporatocracy While reading this book, one cannot get rid of a 'crocodile tears' impression. The author deplores what he is doing, but continues to be led by his wallet, and as another reviewer remarks, 'didn't change jobs'. The reason why he didn't, seems also unbelievable: ' I missed the true significance of my action'. (p. 179) Moreover, his role in the corporatocracy seems highly inflated, for he gives not many details about the concocted deals. At the end of the book, the author serves a list of practical hints, but that sounds very much like the adage 'Do what I say, don't do what I do'. So, why should one read this book? Because it explains the core of a pernicious system, which D. Perkins calls 'the self-destructive march to global empire' by the US. He depicts his country as a hegemon ruled by an extremely wealthy and greedy oligarchy, whose behavior has nationally and internationally harmful consequences. Nationally, 12 million families worry about their next meal. History's most powerful and wealthiest empire has outrageously high rates of suicide, drug abuse, divorce, child molestation, rape and murder. Internationally, financial organizations (World Bank ...) are used through Economic Hit Men to make other nations subservient by loans for all kind of works to be executed by US engineering and construction firms. The larger the loan, the better, for those countries become easy targets when the US needs favors (military bases, UN votes, access to oil and other resources). If the ruler of those countries doesn't cooperate, jackals (intelligence services) are sent in and if even those fail, a military intervention becomes unavoidable. The author gives some examples: the most probable assassinatons of the presidents of Ecuador and Panama, and the military interventions in Panama and Iraq. For the author, the corporatocracy constitutes the most blatant grab in history for the hearts, the souls, the minds and the resources of the people all over the world. One example: for less than half the amount spent for he Iraq war, one could provide clean water, adequate diets, sanitation services and basic education to every person on this planet. But ultimately, why is this onslaught still progressing? Like David Chandler in his terrifying book on Pol Pot's S21 death camp, David Perkins observes: 'We made it happen.' The corporatocracy is in ourselves. The great evolutionist G.C. Williams said: 'natural selection, albeit stupid, is a story of arms races, slaughter and suffering. We should at least think about it.' David Perkins thought about it after his uncomprehended actions. A very revealing book.