Doug, it isn't wise to underestimate the intelligence of liberals and right-wingers. They are not being nostalgic for 19C colonialism; they are manufacturing consent to an aspect of 21C imperialism, i.e. peace-keeping & nation-building missions in response to failed and failing states on the periphery.
At 9:03 PM -0500 12/23/01, Mina Kumar wrote:
>May I conclude from your remarks that you think these are obvious
>points that require no references? Would you say that they are
>obvious to the world at large or the world of leftist discussion?
>Would you say that there is a common minimum program of assertions
>(of which the above propositions form a part) to which
>self-identified leftists subscribe? Would you say that a response
>to nostalgia for 19C colonialism would be a part?
What I would like to know is whether left business observers (as opposed to liberals and right-wingers) have any objection to peace-keeping and nation-building missions in response to failed and failing states on the periphery (of the sort discussed in Modest Proposals for The Empire) _in principle_, rather than criticizing only _how_ they are carried out. -- Yoshie
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