> I think one reason many leftists
> can't stop bashing Hardt & Negri is that they tried to rethink the
> imperial system as a more collegial, dispersed, decentered structure
> (though now they're curiously appealing to the non-U.S. elements to
> demand a Magna Carta). You can't very well say "Empire out of
> Everywhere!" if Empire is more or less everywhere.
Why call it "Empire" if it is more or less everywhere? Why not call it "Capitalism"?
Ulhas