GEOPOLITICAL GLOBAL ANALYSIS, 10/2/2009 by J. R. Nyquist - Consider two categories: (1) grand strategy for states where power is constitutionally constrained; (2) grand strategy for states where power is concentrated in the hands of an unchecked oligarchy. In the first category, the grand strategist is forced into a conservative position. In the second category, the grand strategist takes a revolutionary position. It may be argued that the first position is linked to capitalism, while the second position is linked to socialism and Russia.
According to Ludwig von Mises, "It is the aim of Socialism to transfer the means of production from private ownership to the ownership of organized society, to the State. The socialist State owns all material factors of production and thus directs it." In other words, socialism signifies the concentration of economic power in the hands of government officials acting in the name of the state. The concentration of economic power naturally implies the concentration of all power - including international power. It is oddly significant, in this context, that the first socialist country was Russia, where the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics was born. Russia thereby became the "motherland" of socialism, from whence all international socialists drew their strength. Read more at Global Analysis...
Also see Nuclear Disarmament: A Modern Fairy Tale, at Global Analysis, published 09/25/2009
ADDED: We might want to re-read "American capitalism gone with a whimper" written by Stanislav Mishin and published in PRAVDA (Russia) on 4/27/2009. (Hat tip to Stella Guenther for her email reminder. She writes, "Are we ready, yet, to stand up and be heard? We have the best of the best to protect and what are we doing about it? Those who have already suffered through this are amazed at our short-sightedness.")
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