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Not to mention the unholy alliance between the contemporary elite "left" and capital, called globalism. The only real counterforce to global capitalism has his
by Melchizedek 8y ago
Not to mention the unholy alliance between the contemporary elite "left" and capital, called globalism.
The only real counterforce to global capitalism has historically been the people of a nation, and the populist nationalism of a few nation states has been the only example ever known of an economic system that has upheld basic human dignity (whether it has been called social democracy, christian democracy or something else). This is now going down the drain.
- Intermernet 8y ago> the populist nationalism of a few nation states has been the only example ever known of an economic system that has upheld basic human dignity Can you give me some examples? I'm honestly curious as I can't think of any off the top of my head.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoDPRK? Nope... China? Erm...
- Melchizedek 8y agoSweden (as it used to be). By "populist nationalists" I mean what they really are, not necessarily what they call themselves. The Swedish Social Democrats of old are a good example who in practice created a national welfare state, often even with explicitly nationalist rhetoric.
- weregiraffe 8y ago> contemporary elite "left" and capital, called globalism To anyone who is not in the loop (of the alt-right/4chan jargon), "globalism" is currently a code-word for "Jews".
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- Karunamon 8y agoWTF?!
- Melchizedek 8y agoNo, globalism means globalism and has nothing to do with Jews. This is simply an attempt by (extremely well financed) globalists to smear anti-globalists with antisemitism.
- weregiraffe 8y ago>The only real counterforce to global capitalism has historically been the people of a nation And yet every time there is some great nation-building exercise, the nation in question immediately attempts to build a global empire for itself, by subjugating other nations. France of Napoleon. Germany of Bismark. Japan of Meiji. Germany of Hitler. USSR. Current day USA. Human dignity, my ass. PS. Arabs of Muhammad and Mongols of Genghis also qualify.
- Kaveren 8y agoThe US isn't trying to build a global empire of any kind, this kind of reckless hyperbole is not productive to discourse. Just because the US is involved in conflicts you may disapprove of in the Middle East does not make current day USA on par with Hitler's Germany. There's also a sizable internal backlash against recent wars and historically isolationism has been popular in the US.
- weregiraffe 8y ago>The US isn't trying to build a global empire of any kind You don't have to legally control or own territory to be, in effect, an Empire. When you use your military power to force economic interactions of your liking, you are an Empire. For examples, read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic
- Kaveren 8y agoThe US isn't forcing economic interactions of its liking anywhere.
- int_19h 8y agoUS has routinely interfered in politics of Central and South American countries - including military assistance for local anti-democratic forces, and in some cases (e.g. Dominican Republic), outright military occupation - to protect its economic interests there. Here's just one example - I picked this one because it is directly related to the term "banana republic", since the intervention was to protect the interests of the United Fruit Company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A...
- Brometheus 8y agoWould say the neoliberal right-wingers are the driving force behind it...