My formulation was unclear. - I see them as being played as if they were entirely different games, with an international economic elite with almost no loyalty to its current host nation, and a political elite with harps excessively on patriotism but which has almost no power over the economic elite.  Of course the two are intimately connected, but you would hardly think so given how the games are being played at the moment.  Yes, there are arguments about NAFTA which are chiefly about foreigners when the real aliens are running the show back home.  International monopoly capitalism has few national ties except when it wants national institutions to pick up the tab when things go horribly wrong.

"It's a mystery to me - the game commences, For the usual fee - plus expenses, Confidential information - it's in my diary..."