A Modest Proposal for The Empire

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Greg Schofield" <g_schofield at dingoblue.net.au>
>
>CARL:
>"Presto, capitalism seems to have changed again and reverted to classic 
>form
>in the last three and a half months.  Post 9/11, we now have in-your-face
>imperialism that is indistinguishable, IMO, from the 19th-century original.
>Now that we're living under the global dispensation of Uncle Sam as No More
>Mr. Nice Guy, it's reasonable to assume that Marx's insights into the
>overtly brutal system that he witnessed will have new relevance."
>
>Carl be serious "indistinguishable"?

Yes.  I think we're back to the gung-ho Onward Christian Soldiers 
self-righteousness that made imperialism so richly satisfying emotionally to 
the Victorians.  Plus, we share the Victorians' enthusiasm for using 
high-tech weaponry against impoverished societies in order to Teach Evil a 
Lesson.  As Hilaire Belloc had it:  "Whatever happens, we have got / The 
Maxim Gun, and they have not."  Well, we've got Daisy-cutters, and they have 
not.

Carl

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