From Corporate Globalization to the Great Reset
Political / Nonfiction / History
Date Published: July 12, 2023
Publisher: MindStir Media
To speak of a modern Liberal Colossus conjures nothing less than the
largest power structure the world has ever known. A distinctly (but not
entirely) American phenomenon, this sprawling network of economic interests,
political forces, and cultural influences revolves around four organically
interconnected sectors – a domestic corporate oligarchy, authoritarian state
apparatus, military-industrial complex, and (now in process) a reconstituted
liberal (or “neoliberal”) world order. Going back to the watershed
presidency of Woodrow Wilson at the time of World War I, the overarching
ideology that defines, legitimates, and sustains this Colossus has been one
variant of liberalism, more precisely a combination of corporate and global
liberalism. For the past century the main pillars of this power structure
have been continuously reinforced by great scientific and technological
innovations in the economy, government, and military as well the
international system. If ambitious planning within the World Economic Forum
and other global institutions manages to achieve its unprecedented goals,
that system will expand further — toward what has been described as the
Great Reset. This would be a global tyranny based on increasingly
concentrated (and integrated) economic and governmental power. Here, in The
Rise of the Liberal Colossus, Carl Boggs systematically explores the
history, politics, and ideology of this frightening development, the biggest
threat in modern times to the future of democratic society.
“Carl Boggs provides a sweeping historical and political treatise on
the origins of the imperial state and its grounding in the liberal paradigm.
The trajectory of global destruction begins begins, as Professor Boggs
recounts, with the era of World War I and its aftermath and escalates to the
present day under the regime of a global corporate order that has brought
the world to the precipice of ecological and military disaster.”
— Professor Gerald Sussman, Global Studies, Portland State
University
EXCERPT
To speak of a modern Liberal Colossus conjures nothing less than the
largest power structure the world has ever known. A distinctly (but not
entirely) American phenomenon, this sprawling network of economic
interests, political forces, and cultural influences revolves around three
organically interconnected sectors—a domestic corporate oligarchy,
authoritarian state apparatus, a reconstituted liberal world order. Going
back to the watershed presidency of Woodrow Wilson, the specific
ideology defining, legitimating, and sustaining this Colossus has been
some variant of liberalism, more precisely a combination of corporate
and global liberalism. The main firmaments of this power structure
have been continuously reinforced by great technological innovations in
the economy, government, and military as well the international system.
About the Author
After receiving his Ph.D. from U.C., Berkeley in 1970, Carl Boggs taught at
Washington University in St. Louis and then at UCLA, USC, Carleton
University in Ottawa, and Antioch University, Los Angeles before concluding
his career at National University in Los Angeles, focusing on the education
of working adults. He participated in the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley,
among other activities, and then was active in the anti-Vietnam War
movement. Involved in the work of several magazines and journals, he was
instrumental in bringing the work of Antonio Gramsci to America, and with it
the crucial motif of cultural revolution which he explored in two books and
several articles. Since the mid-1970s he has written another 24 books,
including ten on topics related to U.S. foreign and military policy along
with several on ecological politics. Since 2000 he has been a regular
contributor to the online journal CounterPunch. He has also contributed, in
writing and presentations (including several plenary talks) to the Global
Studies Association based in Chicago. In 2007 he was recipient of a Career
Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association.
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