Davos & the U.S.

[Carrol Cox]

This is vulgar marxism,  assuming productive strength equates easily
with political/economic strength. Europe can only replace the u.s.
through a successful challenge to u.s. military strength.

Carrol

Dennis Robert Redmond wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Carrol Cox wrote:
> 
> > Eventually the European Union will have to confront U.S. power just as
> > Germany in the late 19th century had eventually to confront British
> > power.
> 
> Euro-optimists (such as myself) would argue the better parallel is, the
> 19th century US vs. Britain. Germany was a semiperiphery in the 19th
> century -- lightly industrialized, but with a massive, efficient army.
> 
> The EU already won the battle, though, and without firing a single shot:
> ten countries are joining the EU in 2004, with more on the way.
> 
> Have I mentioned the impending dollar collapse?
> 
> -- DRR