[lbo-talk] On Anti-Americanism and Ant

[Steven L. Robinson]

But are we dealing with several organisms or one? Do the Europeans or the Japanese have the ability to actively oppose an imperialist action?  Can they - at the level of the state - actively work against it - as opposed to grumble under their breath?  I think the ruling classes (or elites or leaderships) of the US, EU, Japan etc are so integrated economically, politically and militarily that imperialism should be seen as a common enterprize as opposed to projects of specific countries. SR

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From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> 


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> On Jul 12, 2006, at 6:18 PM, Steven L. Robinson wrote: 
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> > Anti- Americanism is simply a rhetorical expression of right wing 
> > origin to describe opposition to the imperialist project of the day. 
> 
> Not entirely - it masks the complicity, active or passive, of the 
> junior partners in the enterprise. This makes for a nice free rider 
> problem, where Euros (and Canadians, and Japanese) get to complain 
> about all those awful Americans, while enjoying the fruits of 
> imperialism themselves. > 
> Doug 
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