8/15/96, Nikolai S. Rozov wrote:
> If you ever read books of Braudel, Wallerstein, Frank, Arrighi, Chase-Dunn
>you would not dare to say of 'shallow analysis' and 'lack of deep
>comprehension'.
Could be. I can only deal with the comments that have come to my
attention. I would like to see more of the WST theories explained in
terms of the current world situation, with a greater respect for concise,
sound, logic.
>OK, but the trick is how to make this shift desirable for the core, for the
>'systemic' global and national elites?
How could the Tsar have found the Russian Revolution desirable? Or
Marie Antoinette, the French Revolution? I believe there's an essential
conflict of interests that must be faced.
> I mean your courageous and persistent struggle AGAINST TNC and their
>supporting global institutions (in favor of national democracies).
>Is I told earlier these elites and structures form the very framework of
>modern cap. world system. To fight with them IS to be antisystemic.
There are systems within systems. We have the national systems,
the global corporate economic system, and the newer globalist-downsizing,
New-World-Order system (IMF et al). My proposal is that we embrace and
take possession of the national systems, permit the global economic system
to keep functioning (but under democratic power-sharing/oversight and with
increased national self-determination), and reverse the newer NWO systemic
inroads.
>Why don't you consider the idea of SPLITTING UP these elites and to involve
>the part of them in the wide humanistic coalition?
As above, I suggest we "split up" the interlocking operation of the
various systems. Also, in regard to your question, I think it is important
to emphasize that "we" aren't out to destroy corporations or to punish
war-criminal executives. We're not talking about revenge nor about
starting from revolutionary rubble -- we're talking about realigning the
systems we have to serve humanity, under democratic guidance. Today's
greedy executives are invited to become the respected wheels-of-change in a
reformed society.
IMHO,
rkm