7. If you think Imperialism is economically, let alone politically, viable in the 21st century I've got a Blockbuster franchise to sell you.
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This does raise one interesting idea, we might see the rise of a sort of market imperialism. Contract out aspects of governance
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In exchange for mercantilist economic/trade policies. Wouldn't work in ME as it would require degree of consensus we wont get
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@NC_Prime That's part of the reason I said our neoliberal ideology can no longer work to ground imperialism.
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But one could see echoes of this in a place like Uganda, giving Chinese trade agreements for aid that amounts to gov services
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Had a friend who posed this idea prior to US Libya ops, offer to oust Gaddafi/free Libya in exchange for exclusive oil rights.
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