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Titolo: The end of the American century

Un articolo forse con un po' troppo colore e con non molta sostanza, ma 
che mi ha colpito per questo spunto di riflessione:
- The very fact that America exported itself is acting as a boomerang 
against it. The Americanization of the world is what is weakening it. -
Non so ancora bene per quale motivo ma mi suona come significativo.
Posso pensare alla crescita vertiginosa che hanno avuto Cina e India, 
grazie all'importazione di modelli di liberismo economico analoghi a 
quelli tradizionalmente statunitensi. Cosa che ora costringe gli USA a 
competere con queste nazioni limitando sempre più le risorse per la 
solidarietà sociale e il sostegno delle proprie aziende, indebolendo 
progressivamente il tessuto connettivo del loro corpo sociale in una 
sfida persa in partenza per ovvi motivi.
Oppure al fenomeno della globalizzazione, connesso alla diffusione di 
uno stesso standard liberista a tutto il mondo, che ha messo in 
movimento corsari più abili, più decisi e, spesso, più potenti di quelli 
che muovono i capitali nazionali statunitensi.
Cosa che ha indotto gli USA ad alterare le regole del gioco, in un 
tentativo di stangata al resto del mondo, riuscita peraltro, realizzata 
grazie alla virtualizzazione abusiva della ricchezza, ma nel quale hanno 
investito e perso tutta la loro credibilità.
Non so, ci devo pensare.
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Last update - 01:42 11/07/2008  	 	 	
The end of the American century
By Ari Shavit
Tags: aspen, iraq, capitalism
ASPEN, Colorado - It's hard to think of a happier place than Aspen. The 
tiny mountain city in western Colorado is not only a place of 
breathtaking beauty, it is a place of inconceivable abundance. The town 
of wooden houses that was built as a mining town in the late 19th 
century turned into a town of wealth and well-being in the late 20th 
century. The wealthy of New York and Chicago come to Aspen to ski in the 
snows of December and January, and the tycoons come to vacation in the 
lovely hills of July and August.
Aspen is the place where the new American capitalism celebrates itself 
with restraint and elegance. No more gritty robber-baron capitalism, but 
a refined capitalism of environmental awareness, art collecting and 
outdoor concerts.
And yet even in Aspen, the Fourth of July this year differed from any 
previous Fourth of July. Although there were barbecues on the lawns, 
fireworks in the evening against the snow that remains on the 
mountaintops, there was an unpleasant silence in the air. A silence of 
restrained anxiety. A silence of an empire that has lost its way, of a 
superpower that is no longer certain of its supremacy.
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Ostensibly the problem is Iraq. The Americans cannot forgive themselves 
or their president for the adventure on the Tigris in which he has 
embroiled them. But the truth is that in Iraq the situation is 
improving. General David Petraeus, the commander of the armed forces in 
Iraq, is succeeding in imposing a relative calm there, and the elected 
government of Nuri Maliki is gradually becoming stabilized. In 2007-2008 
Washington repaired the serious mistakes it made in 2003-2004 by 
instituting a sophisticated policy that succeeded in winning over both 
Shi'ites and Sunnis.
The achievements of the new strategy are still brittle and reversible, 
but they are likely to enable the next American president to withdraw 
from Iraq cautiously, gradually and without disgrace.
So the real problem is not Iraq. The problem is America. The problem is 
that 80 percent of Americans believe that their country is on the wrong 
track, and 75 percent do not believe that the economic situation next 
summer will be better than it is now. The problem is that of General 
Motors. The company's value is now a fraction of Toyota's. The problem 
is that Chrysler is on the verge of bankruptcy, Starbucks is in trouble 
and the Dow Jones is in deep trouble. The problem is that the budget 
deficit is out of control, the national debt is irreparable and the 
dollar is worthless. Something about the way the Americans do things is 
not working. Something is not as it used to be.
Three Rottweilers are now at America's throat: very expensive energy, 
badly shrinking credit and a collapsing real estate market. Uncle Sam is 
bleeding because his dependence on energy is greater than that of other 
countries. His addiction to credit is more serious than that of other 
countries, and he is very exposed to the bursting real estate bubble. 
Cheap energy, cheap money and accelerated construction rescued America 
from the collapse of the Twin Towers and the high-tech crisis at the 
beginning of the decade. They enabled America to celebrate as though 
there were no tomorrow and no bill to pay.
But tomorrow is here. The bill is steep.
The bottom line is cruel and profound: The American century is over. The 
40 years (1945-1985) when America was the exclusive leader of the free 
world are over. The 20 years (1986-2006) when American was in effect the 
sole superpower are over. The era of imperial America, which dictated 
the world agenda, is over.
The very fact that America exported itself is acting as a boomerang 
against it. The Americanization of the world is what is weakening it.
The residents of Aspen are worried this summer because they are not 
waking up to a reality of another cyclical economic recession. They are 
waking up to a challenge the likes of which they have not known since 
Franklin Roosevelt invented the New Deal for them. Will a new Roosevelt 
be found for them in November?
While the rain begins to fall on the green valley that descends to the 
river, shortly before the start of the Sunday afternoon Dvorak concert, 
the concerned liberals of Aspen are talking about Barack Obama. Not 
because Obama really is a new and proven Roosevelt. Far from it. But 
because Obama is a promise for change. Obama is 2008's desperate longing 
to repair America.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1001061.html
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[namib] Posso legalmente inneggiare al comunismo, ma non al fascismo.
L'una appartenenza è appunto *criminale*, l'altra no.
[tonibaruch] Purtroppo abbiamo questa legge idiota, è vero.
http://groups.google.it/group/it.politica.internazionale/tree/browse_frm/thread/3f0249225d16ae1d/9d60fe69c1a4658e

 Si sente subito a naso l'antiamericano di matrice fascista. 
Non sono antiamericano, non sono fascista, non è la mia parte ad avere 
condotto gli USA ad un passo dal crollo.
Da molto tempo sto dicendo qui, tra i lazzi degli imbecilli tuoi pari, 
che la congiuntura internazionale era cambiata e che, a fronte di 
questo, gli USA avrebbero dovuto cambiare di conseguenza.
Non è stato ancora fatto, tuttavia un nuovo corso è ancora possibile. Ma 
tu continuerai senza dubbio a scambiare dito con luna e a fondare il tuo 
pensiero sulla verità rivelata che "il tenore di vita degli americani 
non è contrattabile".
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 all'ufficiuo del tuo ente inutile e fascista.
Persio, amalric in pratica ti sta dicendo che vuole venire a guardare.
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 rispetto all'Euro.
Lo stai sostenendo, quando imputi a me la causa della tua frustrazione, 
come fa ogni idiota e ogni fascio di merda che non sapendo, o non 
volendo, capire la vera causa del suo malessere la imputa a chi ha 
eletto a suo nemico.
La situazione presente sta maturando da anni ma tu, e i tanti coglioni 
come te, invece di guardare in faccia alla realtà ti sei abbeverato alla 
propaganda prodotta dai responsabili di questo stato di cose.
L'unica cosa dignitosa che puoi fare adesso è guardarti allo specchio e 
darti dell'imbecille.
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