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<font size=3>At 08:19 AM 1/4/01 -0600, you wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>So, ok, I'm a conspiracy nut, but there it is.
I vaguely<br>
remember some of Marx's analysis of our Civil War, and I think<br>
his comments on the Southern oligarchy's ability to formulate<br>
a policy and carry it out over the years is right on. They<br>
are more politically skillful, Marx said (IIRC), than the <br>
Northern capitalists.<br>
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This was true. Despite this, they could not avoid their own
abolition in the end. Such refined political pirouetting can also
been seen as a symptom of crisis. Even the attempted military
coup (i.e., the Civil War) could not save them.<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite><font size=3>On the other hand, maybe
destroying the United States is <br>
something this group should consider. Maybe it would reduce<br>
us to several mutually suspicious states (what Madison feared),<br>
and lead to the end of our imperialism.<br>
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Absolutely! All for it.<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite><font size=3>Hmm. There might be several
imperialisms then, but each would be<br>
less powerful.<br>
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--<br>
John K. Taber</font></blockquote></html>