Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

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

On 29/10/2024 20:43, D wrote:

The people predicting crashes and famines have been wrong every time

 
Indeed. That's why the Mayan Empire, the Aztec Empire, The Roman Empire, the
Mongol Empire, and the Islamic caliphate, along with the Ming dynasty are
still with us  and the Bronze Age collapse simply never happened.

 
Oh but they are. Today they are called mexicans, italians, greek,
arabians etc. and from a material and quality of life point of view,
they've never had it better.

 

Those that fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it.

 
This seems to be the truth.