Decolonization within capitalism unified all capital zones under US dominance.

Evidence

Not only did the the United States emerge as the hegemonic capitalist power, but by the end of World War II its levels of accumulation were already far greater than Britain or France had ever enjoyed even at the height of the colonial period; in 1945, it alone accounted for roughly half the world’s output. One of the many contradictory consequences of decolonization within a largely capitalist framework was that it brought all zones of capital into a single, integrated market, entirely dominated by this supreme imperialist power. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 99

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s tracing of postcolonial-materialist critique: the claim that decolonization integrated rather than liberated zones of capital is exactly the kind of materialist frame Ahmad counterposes to discourse-determinism. — connects to: Capitalism’s postwar global consolidation outweighed decolonization and socialist gains — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 98; Fordist-Keynesian capitalism expanded globally to absorb de-colonized nations — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 784; Formal decolonization gave way to a neo-imperial global economic order — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 315 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Decolonization dissolved empire-specific protected markets into a single global market #expands (0.90) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 1337
• Fordist-Keynesian capitalism expanded globally to absorb de-colonized nations #expands (0.82) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 784
• Capitalism’s postwar global consolidation outweighed decolonization and socialist gains #corroborates (0.80) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 98
• Formal decolonization gave way to a neo-imperial global economic order #corroborates (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 315
• Postwar America had to persuade a decolonizing world of its leadership #qualifies (0.74) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 897