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

[Richmond Mathewson]

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 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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