ARTICLE: Pope condemns globalisation, The Press Association, May 14 2007
Talk about having it both ways: condemning markets and Marxism!
But, of course, the thesis and antithesis are linked throughout history. Problem for the Pope is, globalization is the synthesis, so calls to fence off Latin America from nefarious external influences comes off a lot like a mirror-image of Osama's call for civilizational apartheid--as in, too much too late.
Thanks to Dan Hare for sending this.
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Comments (2)
The Pope might have actually said what the article claims he said, but I have long since come to the conclusion that the news media almost never report what the Pope says accurately. In fact, there have been enough occasions where the news reports were exactly the opposite of the Pope's statements that I no longer trust any reporting that they do on the Pope.
Posted by Mark in Texas | May 15, 2007 4:15 AM
I do not believe that globalization alone (markets) is the synthesis. I believe that, as in the case of women and slaves before, formal laws emmancipating the Gap (slave) from the Core (master) and granting the Gap a full and equal vote in international affairs is an equally integral part and logical first step in achieving a form of synthesis. This may be the critical workaround we have been looking for.
The example of China and Vietnam also speak well of this suggestion (freedom first, then globalization, then synthesis). China and Vietnam, however, had to fight long wars with the old Core to achieve their freedom -- thus accounting for the very long delay in connecting these entities, as partners, to the global economy and to the international community.
We do not want to make this same mistake again with the Gap -- causing it to have to fight the Core for its freedom (global gorillas?) and, thereby, delaying globalization, connectivity and synthesis.
Posted by Bill C. | May 16, 2007 11:25 AM