THis Trotsky point of view fits beautifully with W. A. Williams' idea of "open door" imperialism as propounded by the OPEN DOOR NOTES re China at the turn of the 20th century
On Fri, Sep 6, 2024 at 10:20 AM Charles Rachlis via groups.io <Crachlis= [email protected]> wrote: > To all those who say China is not imperialist because it is not expanding > militaristically: > Replace China for the United States in the following paragraph written in > 1926 about the imperialist rise of the the USA. > > “From the power of the United States and the weakening of Europe flows the > inevitability of a new division of world forces, spheres of influence and > world markets. America must expand while Europe is forced to contract. In > precisely this consists the resultant of the basic economic processes that > are taking place in the capitalist world. The US reaches out into all world > channels and everywhere takes the offensive. She operates in a strictly > “pacifist” manner, that is, without the use of armed force as yet, “without > effusion of blood” as the Holy Inquisition said when burning heretics > alive. She expands peaceably because her adversaries, grinding their teeth, > are retreating step by step, before this new power, not daring to risk an > open clash.” > Leon Trotsky: Europe and America - 1 (1926) > <https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1926/02/europe.htm> > > Charles Rachlis > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32061): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32061 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108305074/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
