What goes Up must come Down

November 27, 2007 6:15 AM

End of Empire : A collaboration of all areas of geopolitics affecting countries of the world in relation to the 'Empire' of the United States of America, and the 'sub-Empires', such as the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and any other country which seeks to exploit poorer nations and their people in the quest for domination.
posted by adamvasco (11 comments total)

America in the Time of Empire - Chris Hedges
posted by adamvasco at 6:17 AM on November 27, 2007

Weak post is weak.

And also done better before
posted by The Giant Squid at 6:27 AM on November 27, 2007

This would make a good board game.
posted by DU at 6:29 AM on November 27, 2007

Europe is not a country. Yet.
posted by three blind mice at 6:30 AM on November 27, 2007

Can areas really collaborate?
posted by StickyCarpet at 6:44 AM on November 27, 2007

On Northern Rock:

The consequences of the government stand have been as immediate as they have been unremarked (careless talk costs profits): the pound has plummeted on the foreign exchange markets. The prestige and high value of the pound sterling underwrites the prosperity of Britain’s post-industrial, consumer economy. Under the wing of the dollar, it is a global reserve currency: its demise is, for better or worse, the end of Britain as we know it.

Gosh.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 6:49 AM on November 27, 2007

Kind of an unfortunate web page. Could the end of American empire result in more shoddy, murky, mucky, lazy design? If so, we'd better keep the troops in Saudi until the end of time.
posted by KokuRyu at 7:01 AM on November 27, 2007

Post-modern
Post-colonialism
Post-empire

This website seems to be posititioning itself in a post-empire framework of studies. Kinda interesting idea. Does such a thing exist?
posted by stbalbach at 7:25 AM on November 27, 2007

i particularly liked this part:

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This Op-ED was good too:

OP-ED...

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posted by mrzarquon at 7:51 AM on November 27, 2007

There's a lot of dreary "false-flag terror" nonsense on that site. And the "analysis" is broadly wishful thinking covering profound lack of insight with long words.
posted by WPW at 8:12 AM on November 27, 2007

I get a bit tired of 'Empire' rhetoric.
posted by Phanx at 8:39 AM on November 27, 2007