Posted by sigismund on August 5, 2010, at 3:19:50
In reply to Re: The Question: ^^^Interesting^^^ » sigismund, posted by fayeroe on August 4, 2010, at 19:05:05
>He cut me off. That's not the way the world really works anymore, he continued. We are an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you are studying that reality judiciously, as you will, we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history, actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.
Is that postmodern?
Geez. That moment has passed perhaps?
Just so no one gets the impression that I am an anti-American monomaniac, I should recount what Niall Ferguson, the conservative economic historian, said about the current (dispiriting because the issues are not addressed) Australian election.
Something like....
Australia may well become an economic colony of China's. Maybe the best option for Australia is for it to be sold to China which will then put in the infrastructure.
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