Mike Davis, RIP

[Mark Kohut]

That is Mark reposting Mike Davis, in case that is unclear. .....

On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 10:13 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Picketty’s advice* (according to Mark)*:*
> “challenge Beijing’s rising hegemony by *abandoning its ‘dated
> hyper-capitalist model’ *and promoting instead a *‘new emancipatory
> egalitarian horizon on a global scale’.*
> [which is not exactly the same thing as]
> “advocating democratic socialism.”
>
> *His advice seems to be to:*
> 1. Abandon the  battle against  *Other Super Bullies*  for resource
> control (AKA Imperialist hegemony).
> 2.  Support emancipation of former subjects are in order to *promote **natural
> unforced alliances*. Thus short-cutting militaristic strategies, even
> those by others (China).
>
> Excellent advice, in my opinion.
>
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