Empire: Hardt responds

[Brad DeLong]

>While in Germany, I saw a teen girl, who looked to be about 14, 
>who'd decorated her backpack with silver magic markered versions of 
>U.S. corporate logos - among them the Nike swoosh, of course, and 
>FUBU (For Us By Us, intensely popular in black urban neighborhoods). 
>What does that mean? Why did she do that? Is is "manipulation," or 
>was she expressing some desire? "America" represents something to 
>people outside this lovely country - what is it? "Manipulation" is 
>just too simple an answer; people aren't *that* malleable, are they?
>
>Doug

Maybe you should go take a look at some movies by Leni Riefenstahl?

Brad DeLong