Re: Dateline 1931

It is rare to see so much said in so few sentences.
Thank you for providing this perspective.

I second the question: whose quote is it?

Petros Haritatos, Athens

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From: Threehegemons@aol.com <Threehegemons@aol.com>
To: facbolese@usao.edu <facbolese@usao.edu>; WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK
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Date: Τετάρτη, 10 Ιανουαρίου 2001 10:17 μμ
Subject: Dateline 1931


>No one will ever replace the United Kingdom as the world hegemon.
Although
>great powers in the past have faded, the UK, unlike those, actually
controls
>a subcontinent from which it can get a never ending supply of profits.
Many
>Europeans in the 1920s worried about the US--look at them now!  Their
version
>of capitalism is supine, a failure for all to see, and an opportunity
for any
>Europeans (such as the British) who have cash to buy bargains.  In any
case,
>the 20s supplied definitive proof that the US could never be a world
leader.
>When Wilson tried to sell the League of Nations, the US political class
>revolted.  This proves the US has no global ambitions it can realize.
And
>look at Britian's other challengers--Germany is a morass of
hyperinflationary
>chaos (in any case, the UK, US and France will never allow them to
rearm).
>The Soviet Union is too worried about trying to feed itself to have
global
>ambitions.  There are malcontents in the colonies, but no power to play
off
>the UK--so they will be easily crushed
>