Why Do Great Nations Fall ?

[Communisto]

the more complex a system becomes, the faster decomposition occurs

 

[aelf]

I actually thought simpler organisms decompose more quickly. Then again, I'm not Zheng He so I wouldn't know for sure.

 

[Communisto]

pffft, Zeng He

 

[Traitorfish]

The Ancient Greeks, The Roman Empire, The British Empire and The U.S.S.R.....

As far as i see it they all make the same mistakes... they turn their back on the principles that made them great.

No, I'm pretty sure that they all kept exploiting poor people right to the end.

 

[Ajidica]

No, I'm pretty sure that they all kept exploiting poor people right to the end.

Must everything be about class strugle and the triumph of the proletariat over the feudal and bourgeoisie opressors?

 

[Traitorfish]

Must everything be about class strugle and the triumph of the proletariat over the feudal and bourgeoisie opressors?

"We're living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy, in which the working class-" "Oh, there you go, bringing class into it again!" "But that's what it's all about!"

 

[Joecoolyo]

No, he destroyed the Roman Empire. Try to keep up.

Dang, I need to learn how to history better.

 

[Ahovking]

That ad is officially the best thing ever.

yes i did and it is the best ad ever

 

[Lord Baal]

Of the four in the four in the OP, the British Empire ended simply because it had no place in the latter half of the twentieth century. World politics had changed since the 18th and 19th centuries and there was no longer a place for a colonial empire. As such, they gradually, and generally peacefully with somenotable exceptions, released their hold on various colonies (starting with the white colonies in the latter half of the 19th century).

It was more a case of no longer being able to afford to maintain the empire, really.

 

[sophie]

Must everything be about class strugle and the triumph of the proletariat over the feudal and bourgeoisie opressors?

According to the guys I'm reading right now, yes.

 

[kiwitt]

 

[civ_king]

pffft, zeng he

郑和是对!!!!!!!
Zheng He is correct

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Closed.

Discussion not going anywhere, except for spammy 'wit' which I am getting more than a little tired of...