Bilbo Baggins
16th May 2009, 18:55
This really gets to the heart of the matter-the (forced) globalization of the neoliberal "free-market" paradigm can also be described as a thinly-disguised form of Anglo-Saxon white supremacy since the assumption of its promoters(imposers) was that it was "inevitable", representing the "end of history", and there was "no alternative". Not far different from the arrogant, racialist rantings of the likes of Adolf Hitler.
But just as Hitler's "Thousand Year Reich" failed in just twelve years, this Anglo economic reich is also failing.:
" ...even zealous free-market advocates can't deny we're seeing an unprecedented crisis and delegitimation of the Anglo-Saxon neoliberal model, dominated by finance capital, which has ruled the most powerful economies since the 1980s. The meltdown proves the market isn't infallible. This calls for a real fight against neoliberal policies and a search for more humane and egalitarian "social economy" alternatives based on prudent state intervention."(from Rediff India Abroad)
Of course, I would call for something much better and infinately more democratic-
global socialist revolution!
But just as Hitler's "Thousand Year Reich" failed in just twelve years, this Anglo economic reich is also failing.:
" ...even zealous free-market advocates can't deny we're seeing an unprecedented crisis and delegitimation of the Anglo-Saxon neoliberal model, dominated by finance capital, which has ruled the most powerful economies since the 1980s. The meltdown proves the market isn't infallible. This calls for a real fight against neoliberal policies and a search for more humane and egalitarian "social economy" alternatives based on prudent state intervention."(from Rediff India Abroad)
Of course, I would call for something much better and infinately more democratic-
global socialist revolution!