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Title: An unnecessary follow-up
Review: The first work, 'Empire', was so poorly understood by American audiences that this academic follow up was felt necessary. I totally disagree.First, the only reason the 'Empire' seemed original to so many North Americans is that hardly anyone studies philosophy anymore, especially of the continental varieties.Second, the whole thesis of 'Empire' never really gets at the reality of the US that I would assert: basically, how does the US thrive as the dominant global political economy when its society is a libertarian funland for an economic elite, and its foreign policy amounts to fascism against anyone who gets in the way of US militarism and mercantlism.
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