Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Wed, 30 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 30/10/2024 17:33, D wrote:

 

And it collapses into autonomous fragments.

 What I think will happen in the near term is that socialism will temporarily destroy a lot of value in the world, in line with what Joseph says. This is proven, and a fact, and should not surprise anyone.
 But as we've done in the past, we learn the lessons, start again. End of civilization? Hardly. A bump in the road, definitely.

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Well end of THIS civilisation, then.
Tainter didn't say that all civilisations end simultaneously.
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We will descend into near barbarism under Islam, or the chinese will wander in.

I agree to disagree. Hopefully we will never know the answer in case he is right, and hopefully we will, if I am! =)