Pomo? Haha.
On 09/03/11 14:16, Jurriaan Bendien wrote: > Fine, if you pomoistically want to see it that way, but where is the hard > evidence? You provide none at all. > > "Hegemony" doesn't directly have to do with economic prowess, unless you > think you can (like Joe Biden) reduce power to economic prowess (when the > Spanish conquistadores annexed swathes of South and Central America, this > had nothing directly to do with their economic prowess). > > What Joe Biden said, was this: > > "We are still better positioned than any country in the world -- any country > in the world -- to own the 21st century economically. Our GDP is bigger > than that of China, Japan and Germany combined. We're in a situation where > here in the United States of America the median income is close to $50,000. > In China, it's $4,500. We wish them better. But just to put this in > perspective, it's important to know where we stand now, the platform from > which we now operate, and why if we do the right things we have an > overwhelming prospect -- an overwhelming prospect -- of not only recovery > here in the United States but leading the world in the 21st century." > http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/28/remarks-president-and-vice-president-national-governors-association > > Rather comically, Joe Biden (who is vice president) then went on to say > that: > > "Americans have never settled for number two -- literally. This is not > hyperbole. It's not one of these chauvinistic things. We want other > nations to do well. We'll do better if they do well. But we are not -- we > not -- prepared, nor are you, to settle for being number two in anything." > > In the real world, America is number two already, since, bij Joe's own > measure, the GDP of EU27 is larger than that of the United States. At > purchasing power parity, China's gross product is already more that > two-thirds of US GDP; if China's GDP continues to grow at three times the US > rate or more, then within a decade Chinese gross product is larger than that > of the US. > > Jurriaan > > PS - I don't normally discuss with pomo's, because they arrogate an > astronomic level of abstraction without any research, and pretend to > adjudicate about discourses/paradigms/researchprogrammes without having the > foggiest idea of the real content of those discourses, or about the > evidential basis on which they are founded. These discussions are a waste of > time, because they aren't disciplined by any tangible evidence or cogent > thought. It is just one narrative waffle stacked against another narrative > waffle. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- http://commoning.wordpress.com "...I thought we were an autonomous collective..." _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
