[OT] The Fall of the British Empire???

[Bob Sneidar]

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 at 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 at 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 at 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
>>> 
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