>I am puzzled that there could be any question about this. Clear U.S.
>hegemony is an unmitigated disaster for the human species. (Doug himself
>has often noted that the fall of the FSU was a disaster for the world.)
Yup, still think that. But I was thinking Pax Americana (which was, of course, never very peaceful) vs. the run-up to WW I.
>Doug has argued for a
>gradualist achievement of socialism. That is a daydream
...and its sudden revolutionary achievement is what, hard-headed realism?
Doug