> The constitution is dead. Long live proper politics
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1498989,00.html
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> Slavoj Zizek
>
> What the new populist right and the left share is just one thing: the
> awareness that politics proper is still alive.
Good stuff. A different Europe is possible. Slavoj hits his stride!
> To put it bluntly, do we want to live in a world in which the only
> choice is between the American civilisation and the emerging Chinese
> authoritarian-capitalist one?
Not quite Chinese, more like East Asian -- a potent admixture of Japanese capital, Chinese industry, Korean drive and Vietnamese willpower. Interestingly, East Asian elites are beginning to press for an EU-style state, i.e. a common currency, managed trade, etc. Also significant: the old export-dependent model in Southeast Asia is giving way to big infrastructure projects and domestic consumption.
-- DRR