[lbo-talk] Fwd: [ufpj-disc] Words and Messages (Empire, Imperialism, PNAC)

Eubulides paraconsistent at comcast.net
Wed Nov 5 10:39:51 PST 2003


----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Fwd: [ufpj-disc] Words and Messages (Empire, Imperialism, PNAC)


> Opposition to empire-building has a long history in American
> politics, going back at least to George Washington. The argument was
> that building an empire abroad would be the death of democracy at
> home. What's wrong with reviving that old line? Elites have long been
> frustrated by the masses' reluctance to get involved abroad.
>
> Doug

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A post-Periclean fear of losing what they have as a result of empire may partly explain the unease and passivity many citizens feel, hence more time is spent on ambivalence-generating China bashing by elites than thinking through deepening democracy and the institutions needed for doing so [education, healthcare, infrastructure investment etc.] at home.

I'm not convinced GW was being sincere, he welcomed heading west over the Allegheny's.

Ian



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