3/15/2023 0 Comments Social empires colossus![]() involvements in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the defiance it is facing from a would- be- nuclear Iran. All of this is tremendously interesting, but sounds a bit odd given the current U.S. for not knowing its own imperial role properly and not transforming the world for the good to the fullest degree possible. for the weakness it shows through having too much debt. for having too few people willing to serve abroad, and help the world. He does not curse it as an 'imperial exploiter' but rather sees it as a reluctant giant not willing to fulfill its true global responsibilities. Ferguson finds fault with the United States in a way most unusual. Culturally too, thanks to the hegemony of English it is the prevailing world - power. Economically it is still the great engine of the world though it is to a degree being challenged by the rise of Europe and China. In military terms it overshadows all other great powers taken together. ![]() In this present work he looks at the great power of the world today, the Colossus which is the United States. The rule of law, bureaucratic reliability, the flow of capitol for investment and development were part, as he saw it, of the British gift to its colonies. As he sees it this category has been central to Mankind far longer than that of 'nation- state' In a previous work he looked at the British Empire and again surprised most in our politically correct world by seeing the positive functions the British Empire played. One of Ferguson's innovations is to bring back and make centrally important to the reading of history, the concept of Empire. He is a historian with great knowledge but the most interesting part of his work is a whole set of ideas which challenge the conventional historical wisdom of our day. ![]() Niall Ferguson is one of the most exciting and interesting 'thinkers' in the world today. ![]()
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