Greetings Economists,
On Jun 18, 2008, at 3:47 AM, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
Whether "revolutionary immiseration" leads to revolution anywhere is
another
story. Revolution proves to be a pretty rare event. Instead you
have imperfect
vessels of rebellion everywhere. How to deal with them is the usual
problem.
Doyle;
China is the best example of immiseration but should be viewed in a
two hundred year frame. During one hundred years of the 20th century
China and Russia both went through revolutions. China's gauge was the
preceding 19th century build up including the Taiping rebellion. The
revolution (overthrow of previously existing social structures) did
arise from immiseration in China. The Chinese themselves saw this as
a sort of 'nationalist' weakness. Revolutions appear then to be
rather frequent during the 20th century.
The failure of U.S. power since 1989 is also in the context of
globalization. If I look at Africa for example, they look rather like
China before the first overthrow of the dynasty by Sun Yat-Sen. I'm
referring to the extreme poverty, multiple ethnic divisions leading to
rebellions and large scale slaughter etc.
How fast could lack of development be changed?
Thanks,
Doyle Saylor
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