The United States' Future Geopolitical Choices and a Comparison of the U.S. and Chinese Economic Models
The Essence of the U.S. Political System: Money Politics and Dependence on Expansion The historical trajectory of U.S. development clearly demonstrates the central role that external expansion has played in supporting its economic growth. If we compare human society to a finely tuned machine, the forces driving it can be broadly divided into two categories: external plunder and internal reform. The current U.S. system of money politics fundamentally determines that it can only choose the former—capital groups directly control the direction of policy through political donations. They will never support bottom-up systemic reforms that harm their own interests, but will only push for piecemeal adjustments that deregulate capital. ...