Tom summing his thesis in critique of a piece by David Brooks.
Bottom line - we (the American model of a market society, both goods and ideas) is winning.
Some truly bad thinking from Brooks (Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog):
"We should not confuse a post-Caucasian world with a post-American one. The former is inevitable and good. It comes with the territory of creating a global middle class. The latter simply will not ever happen. Our global rule set is not only winning, it's sweeping the planet. That the political reality trails ('They're not democracies yet! All is lost!!') our vast economic success troubles only the impatient and truly non-strategic thinkers among us, as well as those who consistently doubt America's purpose and strength as the world's oldest and most successful multinational economic, political and security union."
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