Can The Empire Last?

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Sun Mar 10 07:46:53 PST 2002


Can U.S. world hegemony last?

Is there _any_ possible empirical basis for believing that the U.S. ruling class will peacefully retire from the scene?

While the u.s. ruling class retains its power (including ownership of all the main cultural institutions, is there any scenario for the 'conversion' to peaceful non-compliance of a majority of the u.s. population?

What would be the reaction of the bulk of the population if a peaceful mass movement (involving, say, 15-20% of the population were to be violently suppressed?

Just asking to wile away a sunday morning.

Carrol



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