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Saturday Open Thread | 124 comments (124 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

"this is the same old same old Western Empire, it's just that the seat of it moved to the US a while ago"

I think this captures it in a nutshell. The European experience extended over the Atlantic to America a long time ago, and currently (perhaps temporarily) the new Rome is Washington.

I would ask why you exclude South America from your new Western Empire, though, because it is also an extension of Europe in practically all dimensions--culture, religion, economic system, language...

by asdf on Sun Jan 6th, 2008 at 11:02:19 AM EST
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Latin America is periphery, not core. Besides, the indigenous peasants are revolting while the core is distracted with outside threats.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jan 6th, 2008 at 11:04:36 AM EST
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