Ashcroft & Race

[Gordon Fitch]

John K. Taber:
> ...
> On the other hand, maybe destroying the United States is 
> something this group should consider. Maybe it would reduce
> us to several mutually suspicious states (what Madison feared),
> and lead to the end of our imperialism.
> 
> Hmm. There might be several imperialisms then, but each would be
> less powerful.

Probably, Capital is less well served by the nation-state
than in former times.  Hence multilateral imperialism, as in
the Balkans.  _Divide_et_impera_.