Perhaps the left should embrace globalization, perhaps unions in the US should start making demands that other countries have unions too. One way I think it could be started would be the longshoremens unions refusing to unload cargo from countries of orgin that do not have union counterparts loading cargo. If we're going to be saddled by free trade agreements, then perhaps its time we raise the tide world wide, and give every country a middle class economic structure by demanding it, and going on general strike if we don't get it.

BTW, if you search "two santa claus theory" in Google, Thom's article on CommonDreams is at the top of the list, then wikipedia is second.

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@Mathboy, that's not a bad idea. Perhaps instead of making 20 years the only way to initiate splitting the corporation, perhaps there could also be triggers to split a corporation when x number of employees have been reached or y amount of profit is being generated for a certain number of sequential quarters. That way a corporation that is getting too big too fast doesn't have an excuse to remain consolidated at the end of its 20 year period, claiming its too big to split.

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