Will Hutton in un articolo sull’Observer (edizione domenicale del Guardian) parte analizzando le difficoltà della politica di Tony Blair legatosi ai conservatori americani, ma prosegue con una lucida e sintetica storia della loro egemonia politica all’inizio di questo XXI secolo.
Scritto da alessio alle 15:46American conservatism, an eccentric creed even within the pantheon of the western conservative tradition, now rules supreme. Domestically it offers disproportionately aggressive tax cuts for the rich and for business, reforms that shrink America’s already threadbare social contract and a carte blanche for the increasingly feral, unaccountable character of US capitalism.
Internationally it is this philosophy that lies behind pre-emptive unilateralism and the wilful disregard of the UN. American conservatives are bravely willing to use force to advance democracy and markets worldwide - the exemplars of a civilisation the rest of the world must want to copy. No other legitimacy is needed, the reason for the wrong-headed self-confidence that could launch war in Iraq expecting so little resistance. Rumsfeld’s exploded strategy is ideological in its roots. This conservatism is a witches brew - a menace to the USA and the world alike.