Oh, I have no illusions re Empires at the moment: there is one generally good one (USA) , and 2 pretty bad ones: C and R.
I hope that the good one will finally pull the teeth of the bad ones, and that will sufficiently weaken the good one that it will calm down a bit. On Fri, 17 Nov 2023, 23:40 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
