   Forgot your password? United States   Journal by rickymoz
The book I'm reading has the following data:  "Après l'Empire"
(After the Empire) by Emmanuel Todd Subtitle: "Essai sur la
décomposition du système américain" (Essay about the
decomposition of the American system). Publisher: Gallimard,
2002 ISBN: 2-07-076710-8  I've just finished reading the first
chapter, which is what he calls the "opening" of the book. One
would just call that an introduction but I won't be picky on the
words here.  He presents his thesis. Here it is in a few points:
• The USA are the basis of modern democracy and liberty   • They
have developped their economyin the 19th and beginning of the
20th century based on immigration from the "corrupted" Europe,
who brought manpower and capital   • Until Pearl Harbour, the
USA based it's policy on the fact that it's far away from Europe
and doesn't rely on anything else than themselves  About war and
peace    • The 20th Century was aiming to turn down oligarchies,
dictatorships, co