Re: PS: Liberating capacities of Aussie imperialism

["Gorojovsky" <Gorojovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

En relación a PS: Liberating capacities of Aussie imperialism,
el 29 Jan 01, a las 13:11, Philip Ferguson dijo:
>
> These days, imperialist powers do not need huge armies and loads of cannon
> fodder and a population of jingo flag wavers.  Especially not for invading
> Third World countries.  They do, however, need quite high levels of
> military spending for the hi-tech gear which has partly replaced the mass
> armies of yesteryear.
>

Interesting. Obvious paralellisms with the general march of capitalism should
be given a minute's thought. Armies, in the end, tend to reproduce the main
trends of development of the societies that build them.

But, there is a problem with all this: you still need infantry to occupy land.
Unless you occupy minds. That's why TV networks have become so essential. If
you win the news war then you win a good half of the war: that of remaining in
the place your high-tech troops have just invaded. Under these circumstances,
the fact that many "Leftists" fail to see the reactionary character of
imperialist interventions, wherever and whenever they occur, is a very serious
issue.

It is not my own idea to go out there putting labels to people. But, from an
objective point of view, they share in the job of the intellectual infantry.

Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
gorojovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx