Richard Wolff: The New Phase of American Colonialism

The U.S. inherited the colonial empires of Europe after WWII because they destroyed each other, leaving America as the only colonialist power standing.

China overcame the debilitating Western debate over state intervention by pragmatically combining state and private sectors for economic development.

The U.S. is retreating into a fortress Western Hemisphere colonial empire to compensate for lost global dominance.

The U.S. is conducting extrajudicial killings to signal to Latin America that it will not be held back by legal or moral constraints.

The Ukraine and Iran wars are making it very uneconomic for the U.S. to maintain its global system.

The U.S. is determined to convert Canada into a tributary state or integrate it to serve American dominance.

The U.S. will likely try to subordinate Mexico after dealing with Canada.

China's policy is to avoid direct entanglement while quietly supporting allies through trade and arms. China will eventually use its economic development to beat the U.S. at public relations by advertising its standard of living.

Most Americans are unaware of China's economic and infrastructure achievements and will not believe statistics about Chinese progress.

When Americans learn of China's achievements, it will undercut U.S. self-confidence.

Trump frames U.S. actions as standing up against historical abuse, portraying America as a victim ripped off by the global system.

The U.S. attitude toward Europe is one of contempt because European economies are declining and they remain divided.

The U.S. will use military threats and money to acquire Greenland by buying off local businesses and politicians.

Europe is repeating Russia's 1990s mistake by betting everything on preserving U.S. hegemony and cutting ties with Russia and China.

Political democracy without economic independence leaves nations subsumed under American economic control. European nations see through American democracy but don't know how to break their dependence on the U.S.