I've got to agree with Greenie on this. For a lot of people, internationalism means A: slave labor in Third World countries; B: the gutting of the manufacturing (and tax base) of most of the developed nations, leading to more A; and C: untrammelled use and abuse of power by multinational corporations, leading to even more A and B. I like Mom and Pop shops, myself, for more reasons than I can even begin to list.

I also really recommend looking into the Apollo Alliance.

What we've been dealing with since the end of WWII is the growing power of a sort of supranational oligarchy of multinationals, mostly in the oil and gun businesses, and, while those have been solid industries for a lot of middle class people, the fallout from their preeminence has been pretty horrendous overall.

What's needed is a new American industry, and the Apollo Alliance recommends that, as a nation, we get into the alternate energy business in a major major (think Manhattan Project) way. I really like their ideas, myself. I think theyre really forward thinking and positive, and I think this general idea of America leading the way in freeing the world from oil, while strengthening the middle class, and the sciences, is truly an idea for the ages. Sadly, few are listening, least of all the oil and weapons plutocrats in DC.