(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
Few things are more sacred to Norwegians than the flag and the fleet.
The flag – it stands for freedom, for Norwegian, for Norway hurra. The fleet – it symbolizes Norwegian boldness and enterprise on the seven seas. Every ship under the flag waving a new piece of Norway in operation on the endless desert sea.
In short: Cheers!
About that, we imagine a real Norwegian stack drain. But this perception of Norway and Norwegians is hardly limited to the ranks of the Shipowners' Association. After all, it is a syllabus from primary school and up.
Norwegians have a touching and naive image of themselves at all. For example, we believe that we are among the most generous and willing to sacrifice in the world. We create a Peace Corps and we help developing countries. We build hospitals, and we make crew available to the UN. Trygve Lie also came from Norway.
This picture fades quite differently from the eyes of others – seen from the Third World.
The flag – it is a pennant in the convoy of imperialism on the seven seas. The fleet participates in a huge exploitation of the poor countries.
This exchange has as a prerequisite, among other things, the export of raw materials from poor countries to the rich, and a flow of finished goods the opposite way. In this pattern, the explanation for the world-class distinction lies on the difference between in-country and developing-country.
Norway contributes to maintaining this class distinction. Norwegian shipping boycotts the countries that have taken up the fight to break the pattern, such as Cuba and North Vietnam.
In addition, the Norwegian Shipowners' Association has assumed a very strong defense position for the shipping nation's privileges and is therefore committed to keeping freight prices at a level that primarily affects developing countries. These countries' attempts to build a fleet themselves, in order to be able to lower freight prices, are actively combated. In "Seaman", published by the Norwegian Shipowners' Association and the Shipowners' Employers' Association, openly and ruthlessly tells how the UNCTAD conference went in to maneuver the poor countries.
Conclusion: Norwegian idealism is a streak.
The words come from Georg Johannesen, the evidence comes from many places.
In 1966, for example, Norway allocated NOK 94 million to so-called un-aid. At the same time, this year's total development aid gave the Norwegian fleet net freight revenues estimated at NOK 830 million.
So let's talk less about help, more about the power relations in the world. And let's avoid all wicked rewrites.
We are on the side of dividends.
