The New Borderless Colonialism

Back in the 18th and 19th centuries, colonialism had clear boundaries. The colonial powers at the time, countries like Great Britain, Spain, France, Holland and Portugal went into lesser developed countries to plunder their raw materials and labor.

Today, with a globalist outlook, colonialism is back. Only now the borders can shift easily. Today, the U. S. is the dominant "colonial" power, with military dominance and economic push all over the world, despite our rapidly declining economy. We can get cheap labor from China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Latin American nations. We can get natural resources from Africa and Asia. We can dominate the military and political landscape in Iraq and Afghanistan. And, we are asserting our new colonialism more than any of the other developed countries, even though our economic circumstances are declining and our debt load is growing.

Now, given that we can't keep using up the lion's share of the world's resources and labor forever, and given that our economy is sliding into the toilet, does anybody think anybody in the world is going to treat us kindly when we are down?