Without going into the author's accounting, it serves here as a failed attempt to avoid the political-economic contradiction between the U.S. and the PRC.
• China is displacing the U.S. in trade with country after country. • China is displacing the U.S. and Western powers in taking raw materials out of Africa. • China has built up its military at a far faster rate than the U.S. This is continuing; it is not merely a start from a much smaller base. The author's picture of the U.S. and China today reminds us of how some people tried to present the relation of Great Britain and Germany in the years leading up to World War One. The author concludes, "So long as China wants to integrate into global capitalism, which remains US-centered, then the Chinese state has no choice but to help fund US imperialism against China itself." The monopoly capitalist PRC cannot stop at mere "integration." It is impelled to redivide the imperialist world, which the U.S. cannot accept. But at least author Starrs is not an ex-LaRouche-ite and fan of Germany's AfD like Gandall's previous enthusiasm. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35362): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35362 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111336789/21656 -=-=- 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/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
