Reminder ...at some point over the event horizon perhaps far over it...MNCs will repatriotize

And yes that will mean world war But in the interim the various MNCs will become only more elites without National loyalties...much like pirates of old Operating along the ligaments the interstices connecting the planets Numerous national markets heedless of anything save barriers to entry The imperial age was all about these barriers ....selectively enforced All the imperial powers united to blast few the last unconquered markets on earth Vide the pre great war china scene Open doorism is now the paradigm and so long as uncle hegemonic can sustain it Without significant challenge ... NB The need for a hegemonist to sustain the system Entails a certain insistence upon exclusive privileges By the self chosen hegemonist as part of it's first among nations Position to sustain the system also produces the basis for an eventual challenge