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Chandra Muzaffar, a Malaysian political scientist: It was a collapse. That is what the American economy is. And we know that when a military power begins to embark upon one adventure after another, it is actually about to meet its doom, as the Roman Empire met its doom as a result of its military adventures. And we know that an empire is coming to an end when millions and millions of people in the world hate that empire, as millions and millions of people all over the world today hate the American Empire and are prepared to resist it. From Brazil to Argentina to Palestine to Iraq to India and to Southeast Asia, people are prepared to resist the empire with their blood and their bodies. Friends, I want to conclude on this note. Let us resolve here in Mumbai to create another world which wou