Amin on Imperialism

On the one hand, I have trouble relating high Marxist theory like this article by Samir Amin on the current state of imperialism to the realities of me making individual choices about how to live and how to be active and how to participate, and all of that stuff. On the other hand, I still think there is something important about occasionally taking a look at things on the lofty scale of "world systems." And besides, I like reading this stuff once in a while!