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May 24, 2010
The rogue states are parasites.
The pathetic pretensions of regimeslike the ones in Iran and Venezuela to some kind of world leadership have been cruelly exposed. The governments of these countries are parasites on the global economy and far from representing alternatives to the global model, they are entirely dependent on capitalist success. When the global capitalist system is booming, the price of oil goes up and Venezuela and Iran have the cash for subsidies at home and adventures abroad. When the hated global system goes bust, Venezuela and Iran go broke. The leadership of these countries are like adolescents criticizing the bourgeois habits of the parents they sponge off. -- The Top Ten Lessons of the Global Economic Meltdown - Walter Russell Mead
Posted by Vanderleun at May 24, 2010 10:07 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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And when they begin to go broke they get really adventurous, so that the grown-up nations will give them money 'n stuff if they settle down and be quiet for a while.
Sort of like North Korea.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at May 25, 2010 10:15 AM