[lbo-talk] New Imperialism?

uvj at vsnl.com uvj at vsnl.com
Tue Mar 29 09:22:57 PST 2005


Doug Henwood wrote:


> uvj at vsnl.com wrote:


>>why the contemporary global process of capital accumulation takes the form of an empire?


> The world is politically organized into countries, some more >powerful than others, with one considerably more powerful than >any other, but still largely incapable of acting entirely on its >own. How could it not arrange itself into some kind of >hierarchical system?>

Hierarchies have always existed, within each nation-state and internationally. Can we say hierarchy = empire?

Ulhas



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