The Empire Dialogues: The U.S. and World Order

[90naggy]

I don't think its easy to say that europe will never catch up with america, it already has when considered collectively, its has a bigger GDP, larger/equal military, larger population, more major cities, greater communications, a space agency, major financial centres, more financial stock exchanges and so on. Americans are of european descent, adopt european culture and political institutions, speak a european language, adopt european legal systems, use european style education system etc

[Damagicus]

that first dude sounds like an idiot. idc how many pieces of paper he has hanging on his walls....jowitt lol w/e

[toqtaqiya]

He's awfully biased in favor of Western capitalism.

[emotionalinvalid]

ken jowitt:vicarious soldier(i.e.pussy). he e.g. takes not into account that saddam was our boy. our corporate/military complex put him in there in the 1958 to destroy Iraq's nascent democracy, just like the complex overthrew Iran's democracy in 1953. in short what it is all about is privatizing countries whose resources we are addicted to. Socialism resurgent in once ravaged by cia and its dictators latin america. if the world is to survive social democracy "will bury imperial captialism"

[RedTyphoon1]

@emotionalinvalid Iraq was not a democracy it was Kingdom/Monarchy under the Hasemites and Iraq was a client state of the Soviet Union not the US MI Complex. Socialism? like the Soviets invading Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968, Soviet Union was an Imperial power. Socialism is worse than Capitalism, India and China rising because of Capitalism not Socialism. Socialism makes countries poorer than is prone to dictatorship.

[DigitalLiverpool]

These are suppose to be experts and understand the outcomes of foreign policy, but it still is so shocking they think everything should be the american way. its 2011 now and middle east is falling apart. I would hate the world to be like amecia.

[rasmuslm]

Why is Steven Weber talking like Europe is the American competition!?!

[mynoon1999]

@rasmuslm because the eu is fact thats why usa is trying to brake it with economic war. china has huge problem andis covering them up with exports any 1 of them can win and 1 of them can brake the other. the british empire proves this it broke india and china they where the 2 economic and military hyperpower there for in this war the eu political power will overcome the other and thats what i hope will happen

[Tippersnore]

A pretty meager crowd for any debate with Niall Ferguson involved. Nevetheless, UC Berkeley should be commended for continuing to bring minds together and thinking about the future political and economic landscape.

[changetheoscar]

what are his politics???

[charlesdarwinxxx]

my pet dog is "professor of politics"

my pet godfish is a "professor of politics"

Tenure: jobs for life.

Tenure:welfare-for-academics.

Natural sciences: True sciences

social sciences: fake science. hoax science. wanna be truth.

"poltics" is FREE FREE on CNN PBS. yahoo.google. wikipedia.

If you ask 20-people about politics. you'll get 20 answers.

[dasawibestill]

I bet Steven Weber feels quite foolish with his US economic indistructability theory....."nothing can stop the US economic engine(paraphrasing)"......wel­l its 2009 and its taking some time for this economy to turn around

[phildaguy]

Most Americans would want a republic than an empire.

[GaiusIuliusTaberna]

Who says we can't have both? And what harm would it do? With liberal democracy, and free market economics, conditions in the third world would improve dramatically.

[nprbiz]

Only if the "policy" toward these countries was to cultivate them for their own future self sufficiency, as oppossed to a "free Trade" type of policy that only serves to rape the lands for their resources and keep these countries dependent on the "Free Trade". Infrastructure (albeit balanced so as to not bury the country in debt.) should be the the tool to help build these countries up. sadly this flies in the face of today's controls of our world economy.

[killinuall]

They all look soooooo bored.

[colinwbruce]

analysis by ferguson masterly.

over eggs military power - quarter of the world ruled from London cannot be done by an army of any size!!! It's not that difficult - is it worth the candle?

[infokemp]

The Romans as a republic could field 700,000 men. As an Empire despite having a much larger population could only field 130,000 men, their military power was reduced because they then went from citizens soldiers to proffessional soldiers and then mercenary troops this combined with run away inflation destroyed Rome.

Nial makes a poor argument in using Rome as an example.

[mynoon1999]

@infokemp i see we like the same historians and vids hahaha. i think nialls point about roman can not be compared to the usa because rome had not problem calling it's self an empire and rome was not a democracy. i would rather have 130,000 soldiers than 700,000 men. nialls points about the british and usa empire made sence and the ownly empire that can compare to the usa is britian and he know more than anybody else about our empire. i have sent him a message about the british empire. thanks

[gratiangaldau]

Niall deniall

[AminalsizPypletu]

I see this all as ignoring the basis and creation of empire, which of course is trade(outside the scope of traditional government). Possibly unavoidable, which can then infect/influence a culture. I think at some point the Chinese recognized this. After the devastation of foreign trade hits and creates dependence, a restructuring takes place. One questions ones national responsibility to rebuild devastated nations, or leave them be.

[ChupacabraYetiElmo]

Niall Fergusen is a tool of one world government, has strong ties to the Rothchilds, he is nothing but a British(Scottish born) weasel, he is part of the current engineered economic debacle that has it's roots in Britains Northern Rock. The federal reserve(british weasel branch)of the US is part of it, they engineered this to take control of the banking industry. He is the tool of the british empire that never did expire, they just use others for their empire building.

[ssanagav]

Niall Ferguson, like his predecessors of the British empire, is a 'psychopath' - manipulates logic, rationalizes crimes and is incapable of remorse.

[Msgrv32]

Nialls is kickass

[BenderJJJ]

Yep.

[peterjisanatheist]

thumbs up.