The difference between globalism and internationalism becomes strikingly apparent in Zbigniew Brzezinski's book from 2004, The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership. Here is what he has to say:
"A World Without Borders, Except for People. Globalization envisages a worldwide community without borders for money or for products. When it comes to people, however, neither the proponents nor the opponents of globalization have much to say...."
What follows interestingly seems to become both an argument for semi-permeable borders to assure the smooth flow of capital and commodities between nation-states and the use of ethnic animosities to control population migrations that may result from economic displacements. Though stated and presented as if this increase in ethnic friction is a forthcoming historical reality based on years of observed and recorded behavior, between the lines, it actually reads like a plan and call to action on how to effectuate such controls using years of observed behavior as a practical guide to implementation.
The technique, so common to this style of analysis, is kind of like the farmer praying for a new barn before the congregation at the Friends' meeting on Sunday. Next thing you know they're all into a barn-raising. Makes the whole prayer self-fulfilling.
Still and all, now that globalization has trumped nationalism in the class war as the divisive agent of choice, new divisors have to be found. Uzbeki versus Kazakh, sounds as good as any. So does the old go-to clash, Armenian versus Azeri. Almost as good as Turks and Kurds, Shiite and Sunni...oh yeah, and there's those embattled brothers on the coast. What do you call them?
He seems to be saying: Let the Chinese create all the value; we're going to follow the pipelines...
Lucky us.
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