Global capitalism is hierarchical, not divided into monolithic blocs

Evidence

The capitalist world today is not divided into monolithic oppositions: white/non-white, industrialized/non-industrialized. Rather, its chief characteristics in the present phase are (1) that it is a hierarchically structured global system in which locations of particular countries are determined, in the final analysis, by the strengths and/or weaknesses of their economies; and (2) the system itself is undergoing a new phase of vast global restructuring. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 588

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Integration into global capitalism reinforces, not relieves, the periphery’s subordination — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 292; Capitalist wealth is built on the subjugation of weaker economies — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 337; The world’s unity is material — one capitalist mode of production — not ideological. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 401 (+1 more)

Related

• A single world capitalist unity replaces the three-world schema (similarity 0.85)
• Integration into global capitalism reinforces, not relieves, the periphery’s subordination (similarity 0.84)
• The world forms one contradictory capitalist unity, not three separate worlds (similarity 0.83)
• Capitalism’s global operation takes distinct nationally-specific forms across Asia and Africa (similarity 0.81)
• Early globalization was structured by tension between global market heterogeneity and nation-state centralization. (similarity 0.80)
• Global integration operates on rhythms set by industrialized nations (similarity 0.80)
• The world’s unity is material — one capitalist mode of production — not ideological. (similarity 0.79)
• The global capital-labour struggle unites the world more than any ideology (similarity 0.79)
• Early capitalism enclosed bourgeoisies within rival national economies rather than a world system. (similarity 0.79)
• Advanced capital has globalized beyond the nation-state’s control (similarity 0.79)
• Capitalism’s non-political nature enabled its global penetration beyond state reach (similarity 0.78)
• The main global divide is between one Western civilization and many dissimilar others (similarity 0.78)
• Post-Soviet Eastern Europe is treated as another zone of backward capitalism (similarity 0.78)
• Modern capitalism created two overlapping worlds of territorial states and dispersed private property. (similarity 0.78)
• Capitalism created the first global economy based on economics rather than politics (similarity 0.78)