“Broken America”

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Authors: Werner Rügemer
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Abstract

The USA is a fragile oligarchy rotting from within. The profits of the leading capitalists are higher than ever—and the USA leads in mass poverty and disease, private and public debt and right wing politics. Industrial innovation and infrastructure are at an all-time low. The same applies, albeit not to such an extreme degree, to countries associated with the USA. These oligarchic regimes would continue in this vein including also genocidal practices if it weren’t for the growing multi-polar self-organization of the much larger “rest” of mankind, such as BRICS: hence the arms build-up against Russia, China, and resistance in the Global South, with the threat of world war looming. So how can cooperation be deepened, including non-state cooperation, through democratic and anti-capitalist movements in civil society?

Fields of Study & Subjects

Political Economy and Marxism Economic and Social Issues World Systems and Global Transformations

Publication details

Journal / source
World marxist review.
Volume
2
Issue
4
Publication date
5 February 2026