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PART III: Our acts are justified because we say they are evil
This is Part III of a series. Read Intro | Part I | Part II | Part IV | Part V The White/Western Hegemony Philosopher John Locke and a wood graving of white trader inspecting an African slave during a sale circa 1850 “White supremacy is not merely the work of hotheaded demagogues, or a…
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PART II: “China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world”
This is Part II of a series. Read Intro | Part I | Part III | Part IV | Part V The threats of hegemonic displacement This threat of China displacing the US may seem to have just exploded with the trade war, but it is a storm that has been bubbling for decades. For…
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PART I : When China or the US sneezes, the world catches a cold
This is Part I of a series. Read Intro | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V What is Hegemony? Hegemony is defined by Leo Chavez as “the system of values, attitudes, morality, and other beliefs that passively or actively support the established order and thus the class interests that dominate…