Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On 30/10/2024 20:39, D wrote:

  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.

 Well end of THIS civilisation, then.
Tainter didn't say that all civilisations end simultaneously.
 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! =)

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I won't be around to see it.