[atlarge-discuss] the underlying drive of globalisation

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

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"Globalisation is bigger than America. Indeed it’s leaving America behind.
A ragged and confused divorce was well under way before 11 September 2001.
Since 1989, the underlying globalisation process has begun to emancipate 
itself from a US hegemony that stemmed from the nature of the cold war, and 
the way it ended.
The 1990s were marked by the unusual, overwhelming domination of a single 
country. It drove forward the information stage of globalisation (which I 
will define more precisely later).
But the underlying drive of globalisation is to de-centre and share this 
out. (emphasis mine)
It may be true that it could not have arisen without US dominance and 
hegemony; however, the same nemesis is at work here as in all imperiums of 
the past – beneficiaries are ungrateful by definition. They always think 
they will benefit most by ceasing to depend, and becoming equals.
Globalisation has to emancipate itself from its initial American definition. "
.............
Paul Rogers.

For the whole article, that focuses on the coming war but contains much 
relevant thought about out  ICANN/DoC  situation go to

http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=77&articleId=879




-joop-