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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:43:03 +0100
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On Wed, 30 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 29/10/2024 20:43, D wrote:
>> The people predicting crashes and famines have been wrong every time
>
> Indeed. That's why the Mayan Empire, the Aztec Empire, The Roman Empire, the 
> Mongol Empire, and the Islamic caliphate, along with the Ming dynasty are 
> still with us  and the Bronze Age collapse simply never happened.

Oh but they are. Today they are called mexicans, italians, greek, 
arabians etc. and from a material and quality of life point of view, 
they've never had it better.

> Those that fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it.

This seems to be the truth.