When have leftists NOT said that "capitalism is in crisis" When have they not predicted that the U.S. empire is about to collapse from its "internal contradictions"? When have they ever been right? Does Monthly Review publish articles about anything else?
--- Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wallerstein concludes:
>
> We have entered a chaotic world. It has to do with
> the
> crisis of capitalism as a system, but I will not
> argue
> that now. What I will say is that this chaotic world
> situation will now go on for the next twenty or
> thirty
> years. No one controls it, least of all the United
> States government. The United States government is
> adrift in a situation that it is trying to manage
> all
> over the place and that it will be incapable of
> managing. This is neither good nor bad, but we
> should
> not overestimate these people nor the strength on
> which they rely.
>
> *************
>
>
> Which, I think, is exactly the thing to keep in mind
> as the 21st century unfolds.
>
>
> I suspect that many will quibble over some of
> Wallerstein's points in this essay - for example,
> his
> insistence that the US is much weaker than
> appearances
> suggest (even many progressives tend to believe the
> US
> is a gleaming, unstoppable economic/military
> juggernaut). Nevertheless, it is irrefutable that
> while the US can initiate crises (Iraq occupation to
> name one) it cannot necessarily manage them.
>
> Often, events move much more quickly, and in
> stranger
> directions, than we can track.
>
>
> We are not dealing with puppet masters, but meddlers
> setting off fire crackers and blaming others for the
> damage.
>
>
> DRM
>
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