Imperialism in decadence
Neoliberalism and military invasions make evident US decline
In my last two commentaries, I have described the worldwide transition from colonialism to neocolonialism and the capacity of the United States to develop a new imperialism that was well-adapted to the structures of the neocolonial world-system. And I described emergence of the Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Cuban socialist revolutions and the Non-Aligned Movement as forms of resistance and structural transformations that are in essence anti-neocolonial. (See “The conquered peoples seek a more just world: The emergence of socialism in the world of the colonized,” April 18, 2017; “Neocolonialism and the New Imperialism: The persistent quest of the neocolonized peoples for true sovereignty,” April 21, 2023).
Today I discuss the current decadence of the neocolonial world-system and the new imperialism, which is rooted in their essential characteristics and in the incapacity of the leaders of the powerful nations to make the increasingly evident necessary structural adjustme…