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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (95292)4/21/2003 1:03:50 AM
From: Jacob Snyder  Read Replies (4) of 281500
 
<when it has worked in the past, there has usually been one hegemon>

It's different now. Two new things in history, which make the Roman Empire model unworkable:

1. nationalism
2. WMD

If the Etruscans had had nukes, the Roman Empire wouldn't have happened. If the Etruscans had been unwilling to be assimilated, and become loyal Romans, it wouldn't have worked.

Nationalism is universal, and WMD will be, in our lifetimes. The only model that allows for survival, let alone prosperity or freedom, is the EU model, not the Napoleanic model. Consensus, compromise, respect for Others. Renouncing Force as a problem-solver. The opposite of what we're currently doing.
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