And Ten Steps to Take to Do So
by Chalmers Johnson
However ambitious President Barack Obama's domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room: our longstanding reliance on imperialism and militarism in our relations with other countries and the vast, potentially ruinous global empire of bases that goes with it. The failure to begin to deal with our bloated military establishment and the profligate use of it in missions for which it is hopelessly inappropriate will, sooner rather than later, condemn the United States to a devastating trio of consequences: imperial overstretch, perpetual war, and insolvency, leading to a likely collapse similar to that of the former Soviet Union.
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"Liquidating the empire will end the burden of carrying our empire of bases and so of the "opportunity costs" that go with them -- the things we might otherwise do with our talents and resources but can't or won't."
ReplyDeleteWhy won't we? Because empire primarily represents the interest of a small elite, who everyone in representative office serves - they do not serve you, the people. They will sacrifice all of the people for the few, that is, until you rise up.
I have been predicting that the U.S. will go down like the Soviet Union did for a number of years now and usually when I have a strong feeling about something based on facts of course, it usually ends up happening...
ReplyDeleteUnfortunely no one in power listens to Chalmers, but i can tell you he is well worth the read.
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