reply to chirs, Re: empire & globalization, was... Re: AUT: Re: autonomist crisis theory

[commie zero zero <commie00@xxxxxxxxx>]

there's a lot to think about here...

but something that strikes me is the notion that the
*national* ruling class is somehow united. the ruling
class competes within nation states as well as outside
of them (i live in west virginia... this intenral
competition is something we know a lot about)...

so: i don't think the fact that national capitals (or
blocs of international capitals) compete is a good
argument against the notion of empire. the question
is: in what context do they compete... so my response
to dave.

as to the ruling classes of poorer countries... while
it is true that they are on the bottom of the
hierarchy within the ruling class, they are still part
of the international ruling class. esp when you
consider that part of the mission of the wto is to
kinda equalize power within the international ruling
class... thus venezuela (i think) successfully
challenged laws governing what the national ruling
class of the us could/would import. this kind of power
significantly challenges the notion of us ruling class
hegemony.

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