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oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
September 21 2013 00:49 GMT
#9221
since imperialism as defined by a country's place in teh global economic circuit is universal enough to be a background assumption, at this point it is more helpful to differentiate imperialist situations that will improve over time and those that won't. i think everyone would agree that exploitative regimes and bad "circuits" of (dis)accumulation in the dominated countries can create development traps, while there are also examples of places that have managed to move in a more virtuous cycle towards hgiher value production and more democratic culture. the latter is a beneficial though not always realized feature of cultural imperialism
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
sam!zdat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5559 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-21 01:03:20
September 21 2013 00:53 GMT
#9222
sure. Not the case in iraq, where we do things like lock iraqi workers out of factories and then bring in foreign nationals to employ in the 'reconstruction'

edit: it's true that the primary effect of ME involvement has been to strengthen china's geopolitical position. This is because, yes, we are incompetent empire builders. It doesn't mean we aren't trying to build empire. Were just trying and failing. Which is worse.
shikata ga nai
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
September 21 2013 00:55 GMT
#9223
On September 21 2013 09:22 sc2superfan101 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 21 2013 09:13 Roe wrote:
Imperialism isn't only colony building. It's forcing your way (culturally, economically, politically, etc..) onto another nation.

And what countries have we done this to?

Colony building is one of the best ways of forcing the issue. If Iraq and Afghanistan are our benchmarks than we've done a pretty piss-poor job at building our empire so far.


Show nested quote +
On September 21 2013 09:15 Skilledblob wrote:
On September 21 2013 09:07 sc2superfan101 wrote:
Did we turn Iraq into a colony?

There's your answer.


who controls the oil fields now? There you got your answer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/world/middleeast/china-reaps-biggest-benefits-of-iraq-oil-boom.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0


A better question: what country haven't you done this to?
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
September 21 2013 01:05 GMT
#9224
On September 21 2013 09:53 sam!zdat wrote:
sure. Not the case in iraq, where we do things like lock iraqi workers out of factories and then bring in foreign nationals to employ in the 'reconstruction'

edit: it's true that the primary effect of ME involvement has been to strengthen china's geopolitical position. This is because, yes, we are incompetent empire builders. It doesn't mean we aren't trying to build empire. Were just trying and failing. Which is worse.

china is reallly the big problem because they run their empire so well, boots on the neck of the people and mindcontrol too. if the U.S. really is an evil empire, then they should really take lessons
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
sam!zdat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5559 Posts
September 21 2013 01:17 GMT
#9225
yes they don't even have to pay lipservice to our liberal ideals. As hypocritical as we are, we brainwash our population by making them think we are the good guys, which does limit our options somewhat. China doesn't have any such problem
shikata ga nai
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States13925 Posts
September 21 2013 01:37 GMT
#9226
I would say the opposite really. we're really good at creating empires. The whole world is now economically culturally and politically (as in government) exactly like america. In the nations that arn't exactly like us its considered a problem and the people cry out to be more like america (even if they don't think its what they mean).

we didn't even have to invade the whole world like the british and macedonia or struggle to bring civilization to the barbarians like the romans and mongols. We just gave them a few peaces of paper and said it had value.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States13925 Posts
September 21 2013 01:41 GMT
#9227
On September 21 2013 03:42 Jormundr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 21 2013 03:37 RCMDVA wrote:
Raise the retirement age to 75.

It would make more sense to do away with it entirely (I'm not against that).

Your a horrible person if you honestly think this. Step away from the logic and reason you think will bring you what you want and go talk to someone whos actualy 75 and see if they're able to work and survive like a 30 or 20 year old.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
sam!zdat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5559 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-21 01:49:22
September 21 2013 01:45 GMT
#9228
isn't sermo cute guys? He thinks the whole world is, and I quote, exactly like america

edit@below: oh man that's what I'd be doing right now if my FUCKIN COMPUTER weren't broken. Life in the first world is so hard
shikata ga nai
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-21 01:47:28
September 21 2013 01:46 GMT
#9229
On September 21 2013 10:37 Sermokala wrote:
I would say the opposite really. we're really good at creating empires. The whole world is now economically culturally and politically (as in government) exactly like america. In the nations that arn't exactly like us its considered a problem and the people cry out to be more like america (even if they don't think its what they mean).

we didn't even have to invade the whole world like the british and macedonia or struggle to bring civilization to the barbarians like the romans and mongols. We just gave them a few peaces of paper and said it had value.

empire is autocratic. what the u.s. has is, if you are talking about culture etc, is a sphere of influence. play some civ yo
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States13925 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-21 01:49:47
September 21 2013 01:48 GMT
#9230
Is it not? Kpop jpop romanian pop and indian pop are generally the same pop music that was started in america. China got its economic "strength" by using american style capitalist policies. Even now its struggling as much as it can to repeat the creation of a middle class much exactly like america post WW2.

I mean shit just look at the EU and tell me it doesn't remind you of the early american government.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
sam!zdat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5559 Posts
September 21 2013 01:50 GMT
#9231
china does not have american style capitalism
shikata ga nai
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States13925 Posts
September 21 2013 01:55 GMT
#9232
On September 21 2013 10:50 sam!zdat wrote:
china does not have american style capitalism

So Liberal jesus saw his chinese people struggling and opening up zones for free economy and said "let there be efficent industry" and so it was acording to sam.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
BioNova
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States598 Posts
September 21 2013 01:55 GMT
#9233
On September 20 2013 10:00 Sub40APM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2013 05:13 sam!zdat wrote:
to me the bold claim would be that government agencies don't manipulate measures to make them say whatever the want them to say. That to me would be an astounding thing

Yes. It is much more believable that a guy with an MBA from the 1970s who runs a website that sells subscriptions to 'alternative statistics' is on the level.


Mr. Krugman received his B.A. from Yale University in 1974 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1977.

Wut? I suppose suppose the next step is to slander where he graduated. Once again Try not to generalize. Economics is pretty specific, so the slander should be too. You know. More than a feeling? Also from the 70's

So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky

It's more than a feeling
More than a feeling!!!


I used to like trumpets, now I prefer pause. "Don't move a muscle JP!"
Danglars
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States12133 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-21 02:01:34
September 21 2013 01:56 GMT
#9234
On September 21 2013 09:49 oneofthem wrote:
since imperialism as defined by a country's place in teh global economic circuit is universal enough to be a background assumption, at this point it is more helpful to differentiate imperialist situations that will improve over time and those that won't. i think everyone would agree that exploitative regimes and bad "circuits" of (dis)accumulation in the dominated countries can create development traps, while there are also examples of places that have managed to move in a more virtuous cycle towards hgiher value production and more democratic culture. the latter is a beneficial though not always realized feature of cultural imperialism

I think a far better definition of imperialism is one where a country exerts control in diplomatic or military fashion.

If your nation is rather large with high GDP and technological sophistication, it could give you a measure of pre-eminence amongst global economies. It cannot be implied that an economic powerhouse must necessarily be imperialistic. Far from, it can be reclusive and non-interventionist. Calling this and that economic imperialism and cultural imperialism robs the word of meaning, in my opinion.
Great armies come from happy zealots, and happy zealots come from California!
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oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
September 21 2013 01:57 GMT
#9235
On September 21 2013 10:50 sam!zdat wrote:
china does not have american style capitalism

yea it is way worse
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
September 21 2013 01:58 GMT
#9236
On September 21 2013 10:55 Sermokala wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 21 2013 10:50 sam!zdat wrote:
china does not have american style capitalism

So Liberal jesus saw his chinese people struggling and opening up zones for free economy and said "let there be efficent industry" and so it was acording to sam.


what? I don't get this sentence at all, but nevertheless china's economy is more of a mutated form of state-capitalism. the real estate is a clear exemplar of this.
sam!zdat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5559 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-21 02:01:09
September 21 2013 01:59 GMT
#9237
On September 21 2013 10:55 Sermokala wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 21 2013 10:50 sam!zdat wrote:
china does not have american style capitalism

So Liberal jesus saw his chinese people struggling and opening up zones for free economy and said "let there be efficent industry" and so it was acording to sam.


wut

danglars it is not possible for a capitalist power to be reclusive and isolationist
shikata ga nai
Danglars
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States12133 Posts
September 21 2013 02:02 GMT
#9238
Maybe if your name is Lenin, that makes sense.
Great armies come from happy zealots, and happy zealots come from California!
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sam!zdat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5559 Posts
September 21 2013 02:06 GMT
#9239
sometimes I wish people would engage me with things that aren't just meaningless retorts involving famous bolsheviks

but that would just make life too easy for sam I suppose
shikata ga nai
DoubleReed
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States4130 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-21 02:17:31
September 21 2013 02:11 GMT
#9240
On September 21 2013 10:48 Sermokala wrote:
Is it not? Kpop jpop romanian pop and indian pop are generally the same pop music that was started in america. China got its economic "strength" by using american style capitalist policies. Even now its struggling as much as it can to repeat the creation of a middle class much exactly like america post WW2.

I mean shit just look at the EU and tell me it doesn't remind you of the early american government.


Considering that American Pop came out of European harmonies mixed with African rhythms...

It's true that this musical style has caught on like wildfire, subsuming everything in its path. Kind of awesome, really. But there are cultural variations of it. It's not like pop music has made the world have less variety. That wouldn't be accurate. It's more that cultures have mixed and blended and generated new forms of music.

But really, you're just kind of saying anything that is secular, democratic, or capitalist is "American." You're kind of rigging the language when you do that (not to mention Ethnocentric). If I'm not mistaken, most new democracies are modeled more on the South African constitution rather than ours.
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