CHAPTER 22
American Republic Versus Global Empire
This chapter highlights the main differences between American republic ideals and global empire which only aims to be imperialist and based on mercantilism system. It starts with deep conversation between Paul and john who acknowledges john that his work is hurting a lot of people and that the Colombians do not want them there. They also discussed about a recent guerrilla attack on a Main project site. She mentioned this to john that working class people in Columbia ostracized the dam that was being built because they didn't want the land in the valley it was being constructed in to be flooded. They declared to see them destroyed before they were ever completed, no matter what sort of difficulties they face. One of the …show more content…
Paula helped him turn away from all of this. Being in Columbia showed him the difference between the old American republic that was all about hope for the world and the new global empire, which was greedy and based on deepening the pockets of a few leaders. He drew the distinction between the American Republic and a global empire. He wrote: "The republic offered hope to the world. Its foundation was moral and philosophical rather than materialistic. It was based on the concepts of equality and justice for all"....."The global empire, on the other hand, is the republic's nemesis. It is a self-centered, self-serving, greedy, and materialistic, a system based on mercantilism. Like empires before, its arms open only to accumulate resources, to grab everything in sight and stuff its insatiable maw. It will use whatever means it deems necessary to help its rulers gain more power and riches." People who worked for mail were oblivious to the harm they were doing to lower developing countries. By building up factories and sweetshop they were trying to take people out of poverty but in real they were cementing them into social class status and making them
American Republic Versus Global Empire
This chapter highlights the main differences between American republic ideals and global empire which only aims to be imperialist and based on mercantilism system. It starts with deep conversation between Paul and john who acknowledges john that his work is hurting a lot of people and that the Colombians do not want them there. They also discussed about a recent guerrilla attack on a Main project site. She mentioned this to john that working class people in Columbia ostracized the dam that was being built because they didn't want the land in the valley it was being constructed in to be flooded. They declared to see them destroyed before they were ever completed, no matter what sort of difficulties they face. One of the …show more content…
Paula helped him turn away from all of this. Being in Columbia showed him the difference between the old American republic that was all about hope for the world and the new global empire, which was greedy and based on deepening the pockets of a few leaders. He drew the distinction between the American Republic and a global empire. He wrote: "The republic offered hope to the world. Its foundation was moral and philosophical rather than materialistic. It was based on the concepts of equality and justice for all"....."The global empire, on the other hand, is the republic's nemesis. It is a self-centered, self-serving, greedy, and materialistic, a system based on mercantilism. Like empires before, its arms open only to accumulate resources, to grab everything in sight and stuff its insatiable maw. It will use whatever means it deems necessary to help its rulers gain more power and riches." People who worked for mail were oblivious to the harm they were doing to lower developing countries. By building up factories and sweetshop they were trying to take people out of poverty but in real they were cementing them into social class status and making them