Comments on: Domestic PNM Theory

By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:15:52 +0000

America’s Non-Integrating Gap…

>Coming Anarchy has done great work on domestic application of the work of Thomas P.M. Barnett (”Pentagon’s New Map (PNM) Theory”). In three now-famous posts

Domestic PNM Theory,
Case Study in Domestic PNM Theory, and
Case Study in Domestic P…

By: Posts I am Too Lazy to Write: Domestic PNM Theory With Applications to Metro Milwaukee « PurpleSlog

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:35:05 +0000

[...] Coming Anarchy is the originator of this idea with this post: Since the primary goal of a domestically aimed PNM program would be to connect disconneted people with mainstream society, who would be targeted (i.e. what are the signs of disconnectedness) and how would they be connected? Given that Barnett’s theory is so complimentary of capitalism and views globalization, the international incarnation of capitalism, as the savior of our world, I find it interesting that on a domestic level, his theory would tend to recommend policies essentially socialist in nature. [...]

By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:54:59 +0000

PNM Theory is Critical Theory (That’s a good thing)

I’ve long enjoyed grand strategist Tom Barnett’s “PNM Theory” — the Pentagon’s New Map paradigm that emphasizes connectivity, rulesets, and globalization. However, an old comment of his puzzled me. Once, when asked whether PNM Theory was descri…

By: PurpleSlog

PurpleSlog — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:57:44 +0000

Moral Reconstruction X Domestic PNM Theory

La Shawn Barber blogs about a conference on “Moral Reconstruction”.
I can’t help but think that those ideas need to be cross pollinated with the the raw ideas of Domestic PNM Theory that are floating out there.
Le Shawn Writes:
Drug a…

By: ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Case Study in Domestic PNM Theory

ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Case Study in Domestic PNM Theory — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 19:53:33 +0000

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By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:14 +0000

Gap Sex Caboose Breaking

I’m in the middle of a mind-melting project, so no time for a coherent blog post. Instead, I’ll vaguely fulminate against Jessee Jackson, Gap sex caboose breaking, and sexism. If you want a coherent application of PNM Theory to domestic politics, r…

By: Live From The FDNF

Live From The FDNF — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 14:50:18 +0000

Sunday Mix

[Chirol challenged readers to apply Barnett's PNM to domestic conditions]

By: J.Kende

J.Kende — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:58:00 +0000

How to apply connectivity theory to domestic policy, starting on a local scale, is something I am in practice nearly obsessed with. It is one of the pillars for my studies now and for the work I will be doing over the next few years.

While I was reading The Mystery of Capital a few months ago, I was walking the streets of Harlem and other parts of NYC seeing how much of De Soto’s thesis and reforms could apply directly to the disconnectedness of the extra-social sector. When I finished the book I immeidately went searching for other books I could follow it up with that might go more into the process of building capitalism and breaking the bell jar to bring back the striver ethic in the populations that are currently on the outside looking in. No luck. The best I’ve found are little snippets and comments about culture ranging from Bill Cosby talking about self-ghettoization to the comtemplation of how to apply Barnett’s writings to domestic policy that we find here. It’s mostly all on the margins. Although for someone starving for that kind of discussion, I am very grateful (and not at all surprised) to see it brought up here.

But it’s not just me is it? These books simply don’t exist… right?

By: Curtis Gale Weeks

Curtis Gale Weeks — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:49:19 +0000

In early America, anyone who had fallen too far could pack his meager belongings, collect his family and head West to start anew. Nowadays, computerization has led to Scarlet Letters — inscribed by debt collectors and/or American courts — which follow a person anywhere: an impoverished beginning, poor education, and a few really bad mistakes early in life ensure continuing poverty (or at least they ensure a despondent spirit which sees no other potential.) Debt relief and general amnesty would be good, if housing and work programs and affordable education were also offered.

By: IJ

IJ — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:49:45 +0000

Thomas Barnett’s thesis is based on a functioning global economy.

Unfortunately the global economy is falling apart – the scramble for energy shows that the interests of the national public sector takes precedence over the wishes of the international private sector. We are seeing this with straight nationalisation, or the effective nationalisation of energy companies. And the lack of independent audit.

By: Curzon

Curzon — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:16:44 +0000

Might I suggest Kaplan's Empire Wilderness! While I know Barnett is no fan -- "Kaplan went to West Africa and saw the future... then he went to LA and got really scared!" -- I think its a great book that zones in on this issue like a laser. "As I've noted before,":http://www.cominganarchy.com/2005/03/27/weekend-in-philly-3-of-3-the-splendor-and-the-squalor/ American cities are a mix of squalor and splendor. The real beauty is, as you notice, beautiful. The squalor is on par with the third world. As I've seen in Newark, NJ, which I am "intimately familiar" with, gentrification can only go so far. Those in the slums don't get reformed by gentrification, they get pushed out into bad neighborhoods and the yuppies get to enjoy their Starbucks in peace and quiet. Until the US fixes the greater problems of educating our permanent underclass and assimilating much of Black America into a culture where success and a career is highly valued from the get go, we are never going to change the root problem. Alas, while the US might show resolve in war, we have precious little patience when it comes to fixing domestic problems. So I fear these problems are here to stay...