i actually would bet this is more common than we might like to think. if you operate in some parts of the world, i think protection payments are pretty standard. the only way to resolve it the way we currently operate, i would think, is as you indirectly stipulate. don't allow them to do business. and americans have to get used to the idea that they can't get a nice bananna (or whatever) year round. i just don't think that's going to happen without significant changes in habits from citizens of first world nations.
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