It threatened to punish any company, in
any country, that did business with Iran,
contravening the American sanctions. In
the past when countries tried to control
each other this way it led to war. 
But here's a basic issue that doesn't appear
on the ballot at all: Do we want a
capitalist system or do we want a
socialist system? Or do we want a mixture?
And if we want a mixture between them
what proportion? But you won't see it on
any ballot. It's kept away from the
election. By the way in other countries
it is on the ballot all the time.
Politics and economics are complicated
interactive systems. We shouldn't be
fooled into imagining that because of
what we vote we are actually able to
control our society.
