Re: Re: Max Weber's Genteel Racism (was Re: weber)

[Louis Proyect]

>How is "garrison state" different from "colonized," and how did a 
>colony/garrison state get away with protectionist policies?
>
>Doug

A garrison state receives enormous economic support because of its
military-strategic value. Taiwan is another example, as is Israel and South
Africa. Israel and South Africa, unlike Taiwan and South Korea, it should
be added were also typically colonial states, while the other two started
from a colonized status.

The South Korean ruling class took advantage of contradictions in the
imperialist system to leverage its economic advantages as a garrison state
into overall economic success. Of course, we understand that with the end
of the Cold War its value has become decreased. That is the explanation for
the rather rapacious attack on South Korean assets by multinationals in the
aftermath of the Asian meltdown.

Louis Proyect
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