
AER 126: Multipolarity? Schmultipolarity! A debate with Sam Gindin
The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur
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The Consensus of the American Empire
Nobody thinks that capitalism is great i know in the 60s we used to tell people uh you might be getting all these things but there's more to life than having these consumer goods. Now you don't have to convince them of anything they all think that capitalism sucks and generally don't think that there's an alternative. I'm going to argue in my later session that there are contradictions in China as well and one of the things we have to ask of is if there's going to be another poll does it have to actually break with global capitalism and America then aren't we talking about socialism coming from socialist movements in the states? Are we exaggerating how much weight we expect to carry in social
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