Well, I’ll grant you that a sound economic footing was essential for building an empire. But I hardly think that economics = imperialism. There have been a lot of prosperous nations in history that had no interest in conquest, and there have been empires built by invading armies that by our standards were dirt poor. I give you the Mongols for instance.
Bob S > On Nov 17, 2023, at 1:39 PM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Empires these days are strictly economic. In fact, it was always that way. > > Forget California, which has the 6th largest GDP in the world. Texas and New > York combined would also come in at #6, and just beat GB. > > England was #1 until 1916, when guess who took over. > > Craig > >> On Nov 17, 2023, at 2:21 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> The English think so. After all: Wales, Scotland, N Ireland, do appear to >> constitute an Empire if you look at them from isolationist, Brexitland. >> >> Ask Boris Johnson: if you stand behind him at waist height you'll recieve >> an answer in suitably rumbling Churchillian terms. >> >> On Fri, 17 Nov 2023, 19:21 Bob Sneidar via use-livecode, < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >>> Excerpt from The Livecode Team newsletter: >>> >>> Several members of our team have been enjoying the Empire podcast recently >>> with William Dalrymple and Anita Anand. This explores how empires rise, why >>> they fall and how they have shaped the world around us today. The series >>> covers THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE as well as the Ottoman >>> Empire, with episodes around iconic events such as the fall of >>> Constantinople and the Indian Mutiny among many others. >>> >>> When exactly did the British Empire fall?? I thought it was still a thing? >>> >>> Bob S >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
