[ExI] socialism

[SR Ballard]

I think it’s interesting that “eventually Denmark will crumble!” is a thing we are talking about. 

Inherently, every nation, feudal, mercantile, capitalist, socialist, barter or what-have-you, will eventual crumble into distant memory.

Some countries have hidden this fact by maintaining their names and historical myths, but honestly they don’t have good continuity. England, anyone? Deposition of monarchs through rebellion, then constitutional monarchy, etc... 

And it’s cute to think of historical examples as well. How long did Rome exist? I don’t think we can really call the Republic and the Empire the same “country” even if there was a form of continuity between them.

SR Ballard

> On Feb 25, 2019, at 9:38 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Don’t worry John.  You and I will live long enough to see Denmark crumble
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> I think the signs of political instability are far clearer in the USA than in Denmark.
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>> for all the same reasons the other socialist countries will: if an adequate safety net exists such that landing there is insufficiently scary, people will jump into it until it fails.
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