Re: Re: inter/ra imperialist contradictions

["Romain Kroes" <romain.kroes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Romain may not agree with the idiom of "Empire" but I wonder whether he
> would say that the friction that can occur between imperialist states
> should better be thought of as intra-imperialist conflict
>
>
> Chris Burford

I do agree with the concept of Empire to define the current world system.
But an occidental Empire, and not (yet?) an American one, as American
leadership wa demanded by older European and Japanese imperialisms, and not
imposed by force to them. Of course, intra-imperialist frictions can occur,
but they are on an altogether different scale from Lenin prediction. As
expansion is an obsolute necessity for an imperialist economy, I think that
the breaking point is crisis due to its approaching the planetary limit of
its expansion. So that the question would be either the last empire will die
alone, or with the civilization. We are very far from a simple class
struggle. It is a struggle for mankind to survive.
Thanks to don't let me alone, Chris.
Romain Kroës