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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:01:12 +0000
Organization: A little, after lunch
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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! =)

I won't be around to see it.


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