From: Jerry Levy (Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Sat Jan 27 2007 - 22:02:33 EST
Re: [OPE-L] North KoreaMedia do not necessarily blindly follow the White House, they first and foremost sell news. This is also why I do not think saying "this country is imperialist", and this country "is not" really clarifies much. I think all nation states pursue what could be labeled imperialist strategy; I think it is a contradiction inherent to the nation state per se. If you do not ground your theory of imperialism in the historical settings of nation states, the term "imperialism" simply becomes a term you can label your opponent and it becomes a tautology. But I might be using a foreign terminology here. I would also like to apologize to other list members that have been drowned in a-mails the last few days. I can personally say I did not wish for this debate to escalate. The other day I decided I would not reply to Jerry and Paul, because the debate wasn't going anywhere. And I also think Jerry and Paul have at times ripped my statements out of their context so to make me look bad. They seem actually to be quite upset. I might be horrible wrong however, I know what electronic debates can be like. If that's the case, I apologize. =============================================== Martin: My intent was most certainly not to rip your statements or make you look bad. If that's the way they sounded to you, then _I_ apologize. Never throughout this exchange have I been upset with you. There are some comments I'd like to make about what you wrote above about the media and the state and the relation of nation-states to imperialism, but I'll respect what I take to be your wish not to discuss those topics at this time. Perhaps another time? I think they are important questions for political economy. I look forward to your posting on previously unknown materials by I.I. Rubin. In solidarity, Jerry
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