New World Order

In: Scandinavian journal of development alternatives and area studies, Band 11, Heft 3-4, S. 217-233

Abstract

Argues that the new world order is not that much different from the old world order. In the US, intellectuals & their institutions continue to distort social reality & marginalize the general public. Intellectuals divide people into two groups -- responsible men, who manage public affairs, & the general population ("the herd"), who must be controlled. They are very frank about this dichotomy, as evidenced by quotes from the rulers & their ideologists. In the new world order, as in the old, the greatest threat to the ruling interests is from Third World nationalist regimes that respond to popular pressures for improvement in the living standards of the underclasses. The USSR, as an ultranationalist country, provided a dangerous model to other Third World countries, & acted as a buffer against northern control of the South. Given the collapse of the USSR, a return to its Third World status is expected, but there are still factors inhibiting US intervention by force in the South. The goal is to reduce Third World governments to police functions while transnational corporations provide central planning & management. M. Pflum