Global Turn

The war in Libya, a total insurrection of the Arab world and irreversible global changes will soon affect each one of us. Everything that happens in the world is right before our eyes. “Yesterday” is over and a real “today” is beginning. Here, a number of reality points are already obvious.

The End of Economics

The world economic crisis hasn’t been overcome yet and can’t be dealt with by international means. A new bubble of fictitious financial economics is not growing. The myth of the development of a post-industrial society has been destroyed. Neither the U.S. nor Europe has coped with the economic crisis of 2008. Filling the world with unsecured green banknotes can’t last any longer. Nobody has the slightest idea of a possible alternative. All the bets were made on what’s now collapsed. The latter means a global default. Economics man has passed on. He has fallen short in understanding and collided with virtual schemes.

The End of Democracy

The globalization of liberal democracy has reached its limits. Globalization was immensely effective during a particular historical period in the context of a particular geographical area (Europe and America) and in some other colonial zones. An attempt to extend liberal democracy to the rest of mankind has come to an unexpected result. It doesn’t work, or it liberates forces that are far from being democratic (as was the case in Europe in the 1930s), or it slips into chaos. The more you insist on the globalization of democracy, the more you undermine it. This rule works even in those countries where it used to be effective: Migrants always bring strong social but destructive aims. The most wary of European leaders talk of the cultural diversity crisis today.

The End of America

The U.S. has proven to be incapable of dealing with the burden of global leadership. Today, while the U.S. itself is being reborn under the weight of this burden, nobody questions their support. Acting fast and straightforward, the U.S., unlike the astute and cautious British Empire, does first and then gives it a thought. Time and again it turns out to be too late to think. To date, the U.S. is involved in three international intervention attempts, and there is no hope to achieve anything that meets American standards in the future. Add to this the U.S.’ involvement in the chain of revolutions in the Arab countries and it can be said that they have started their last imperial campaign. The U.S. has two ways only: to collapse after receiving a counterblow followed by a wave of “mimetic weapons” (that they have launched into action through the Twitter revolution), or to engage in a global conflict in the spirit of a third world war. Only during a war like this can the U.S. write off all the previous failures and, therefore, render null the balance [and start anew].

The End of a Well-Known World

A simple operation is required. Add the three points up: the end of economics plus the end of democracy plus the end of America. The sum total is the end of the world we know.

Here, the head of an expert appears on the screen (insert the last name that’s necessary) and announces: “Stop making disastrous prognoses; everything is going to be settled in itself and economic mechanisms will start working (it is not the first time capitalism has faced such challenges; the whole economic system operates from crisis to crisis but only becomes stronger); democracies are going to prevail (as soon as Islamic societies throw down their corrupted dictatorial regimes); and the U.S. will be, as never before, full of strength and readiness to bring progress, freedom and democracy to the world. As for the third world war, it’s out of the question. There are no countries with intentions to commit [political or economic] suicide. No country of the humane and civilized world will go for it.”

This head just processes an order. Perhaps it tells lies not only to us but to itself. Heads can be different, including those that are almost empty.

Capitalist crises of the 20th century led to world wars twice. In the 1930s, civil society representatives voted for Nazi Party in the German democratic elections. The U.S. has been led to a dead end by the fact that it is not able to establish world hegemony and control other countries, but cannot stop wishing for it.

The expert’s head disappears; the screen goes dark.