Under the TPP, copyright violations will become a morally necessary act of rebellion rather than just something relatively harmless. Get your parrots and don your pirate hats, lads and lassies.

Clarissa writes accurately about the end of the nation-state. This is one of the necessary steps, designed to give corporations the same legal sovereignty as nation-states and to erase borders for companies (but not for individuals unless they are sponsored by a corporation).

The rich no longer have any interest in nations or their restrictions, and are working hard to eliminate them. This is a step in that process.