War-profiteering and "Parasitic Imperialism"

re: War-profiteering and "Parasitic Imperialism"

TokyoTom — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:14:16 GMT

Todd, of course I'm not offering him to discuss the point that concerns, nor have I don't the legwork to give you and answer.

However, if you think about it, I think that you'd agree that he is probably right - that in the past imperialism and aggression were substantially motivated by gains to elites from theft from other countries (and such wars/empires were sustained by resources and spoils from the countries invaded) but now, at least in the case of the US empire, the motivations are much less about spoils abroad than about gains elites get by milking the US state.

re: War-profiteering and "Parasitic Imperialism"

Todd Gibson — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:07:38 GMT

While this is tangential to his central theme, Hossein-zadeh is far too generous in that first paragraph you have quoted. Does he offer any evidence to support those claims (of the economic benefits of imperialism in the past)?

You can't just say they were experiencing rapid economic growth at the same time they were pursuing imperial policies. Correlation does not imply causation.

The question is: was the economic growth greater than, the same as, or less than would have occurred in the absence of the imperial policies (all else being equal)?

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