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Germany under Weimar was an imperialist power which had been defeated, occupied, and subjected to war reparations payments by the victorious powers, while the United States was recently the victor in the cold war and is the dominant military power in the world, arguably the only military super power in the world, and is currently conducting two plus major regional wars and has bases, soldiers etc. in dozens of other countries of the world. Unemployment statistics are not the only, or the most important, point to compare. A better comparison might be post WWI Great Britain and 21st century USA, two waning overstretched empires with nowhere to go but down. Tea party fascism might be better understood by reading Nathaniel West than by looking to Weimar. Tweedel dee and Tweedle dum might also have something to do with the tea party. Especially Dum Anthony ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
