>True, but isn't it interesting how both former superpowers (1) had
>military-industrial accumulation models, (2) explicit semi-peripheries in
>Europe and elsewhere, which gradually outgrew them, and (3) relied heavily
>on energy rents and raw materials, extracted from a huge natural landmass?
>By contrast, East Asia and the EU are notoriously short of raw materials,
>oil and huge military machines (thank the Goddess for this much), and
>converged in identical value-added silicon manufacturing strategies.
First, military procurement takes up about 2% of U.S. manufacturing production; does that qualify as a "military-industrial accumulation model"? And second, the Pentagon has long subsidized U.S. electronics, much to the industry's benefit. It'd be kind of hard to argue that East Asia and the EU broadling and consistently outperform U.S. firms in high-end high-tech.
Doug