[lbo-talk] Why Capitalism Cannot be Tamed

[Fernando Cassia]

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:
> bingo.  can social/liberal democracy survive without a third world to draw
> upon and externalize costs into...  I think the answer's no.

My opinion, too. Just think of the imperial countries of the past
(Portugal and its Brazil colony), and what happened to them after they
lost the extra income...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Brazil

Of course, colonialism morphs with technology, and what the British
empire used to do with ships and cannons, nowadays can be done with
its influence in the global financial system.

Or in the case with the US, patents, intellectual property, etc etc

FC