“The rich elites of this country have far more in common with their counterparts in London, Paris, and Tokyo than with their fellow American citizens.”

August 29, 2012 12:41 AM

"There have been numerous books about globalization and how it would eliminate borders. But I am unaware of a well-developed theory from that time about how the super-rich and the corporations they run would secede from the nation state."
posted by Afroblanco (5 comments total)

Double.
posted by Talez at 12:51 AM on August 29, 2012

Oddly, the game Strike Commander, back in 1993, had a pretty good vision of a world that was run by corporations, instead of nations.
posted by Malor at 1:07 AM on August 29, 2012

Not to mention the game "Syndicate."
posted by barnacles at 1:10 AM on August 29, 2012

Tabletop RPG Shadowrun had a similar concept, Malor, going back to 1989.
posted by radwolf76 at 1:10 AM on August 29, 2012

And of course Shadowrun was building off the works of the 1980s cyberpunk authors. Sterling and Gibson spring to mind of course, but plenty of others.
posted by barnacles at 1:12 AM on August 29, 2012