The so called "information revolution" has reduced
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 4:56 am
Imperialism, the quest for supreme power which I discussed in Issue 17 of The Scorpion, seeks its authority to some extent in all four elements. Its claim to legitimacy runs as follows: it is a historical fulfillment of civilization (1), it creates social justice for the greater number (2), it asserts the importance of the legal contract and the economic imperative (3) and it often speaks in the name of One Faith which all subjects are encouraged or compelled to acknowledge (4). As the importance of space and time in limiting power.
More perhaps than some geo-political theorists are prepared to acknowledge) the elements which make up this total imperial claim become crucial. National claims to self- determination, for example, are phone number list increasingly made with an eye to the world stage, that is to say not in terms of only a struggle for survival or sovereignty as a direct attempt to assume certain political and economic power but also on the relativist basis of claiming the right to be different, therefore as a moral right. This moral right was laid down at the Treaty of Versailles at the end of the Great War which established the rights of small nations in principle to rule themselves, although it appeared earlier in European history, notably in nineteenth century liberal sympathy for national republican uprisings.
What of power itself, what kinds of power are there? How is power manifested imperially today? The power to purchase and the power of information media are subjects which I have only briefly touched on here-they will be examined more closely in future issues of The Scorpion. Directly relevant to the topic of imperialism is the power of the nation or nation-empire. In this writer's opinion established wisdom over-estimates that power, right-wing conspiracy theorists under- estimate it. It is in major conflict with what A.K.
More perhaps than some geo-political theorists are prepared to acknowledge) the elements which make up this total imperial claim become crucial. National claims to self- determination, for example, are phone number list increasingly made with an eye to the world stage, that is to say not in terms of only a struggle for survival or sovereignty as a direct attempt to assume certain political and economic power but also on the relativist basis of claiming the right to be different, therefore as a moral right. This moral right was laid down at the Treaty of Versailles at the end of the Great War which established the rights of small nations in principle to rule themselves, although it appeared earlier in European history, notably in nineteenth century liberal sympathy for national republican uprisings.
What of power itself, what kinds of power are there? How is power manifested imperially today? The power to purchase and the power of information media are subjects which I have only briefly touched on here-they will be examined more closely in future issues of The Scorpion. Directly relevant to the topic of imperialism is the power of the nation or nation-empire. In this writer's opinion established wisdom over-estimates that power, right-wing conspiracy theorists under- estimate it. It is in major conflict with what A.K.